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We’re at the point of the 2016 election cycle where if Bernie Sanders truly wants to be perceived as someone who could actually be elected as President he needs to prove that he has the capacity to engage on foreign policy in detail because he’s running to be Commander-in-Chief, not Treasury Secretary. I understand his campaign’s core message (I think we all get it by now), but his campaign needs to evolve as all campaigns for the Presidency do.

Do you agree with the idea that pure democracy is mob rule? Can we really call ourselves a country for the people if we don’t have a pure democracy that lets the people decide things on their own?

deadpresidents: “A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.” – James Madison, The Federalist #51 Or, as Madison wrote in the same issue of The Federalist Papers, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.”  I don’t necessarily believe …

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Ways to un-stick a stuck story

firemoon42: Do an outline, whatever way works best. Get yourself out of the word soup and know where the story is headed. Conflicts and obstacles. Hurt the protagonist, put things in their way, this keeps the story interesting. An easy journey makes the story boring and boring is hard to write. Change the POV. Sometimes …

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The one similarity between Trump supporters and Sanders supporters …

politicalprof: Let’s be clear:the differences between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are profound. Their policies, their dignity, their decency: Sanders is a great man. Trump is a self-absorbed ass. Which is why I find their respective supporters’ opinions so interesting on one matter: lots of Trump’s supporters, and lots of Sanders’ as well, seem completely …

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mrhouse-always-wins: atheistjapanesesocialist: >“the grinch”Oh fuck me up fam when adults dont understand ya memes Just think about the poor sap at the news station who had to delve into 4chan. You are not prepared. 

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