What drives politics in this country?
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Fri Apr-09-10 06:47 PM
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Poll question: What drives politics in this country?
What institution is a priori to all other forces affecting politics?
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Fri Apr-09-10 06:51 PM
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I know what the phrase means; a priori is to determine conclusions before facts have been presented, whereas a posteriori is to form conclusions after facts. But what has that to do with your question? Politics is driven by money. Simple as that.
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Fri Apr-09-10 07:00 PM
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3. money 1st, faith 2nd, logic is somewhere off the scale low. nt
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Fri Apr-09-10 07:04 PM
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4. How do you reconcile the belief in money as a priori with the health care reform legislation? n/t
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Fri Apr-09-10 07:26 PM
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8. Everyone is concerned with money. nt
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Fri Apr-09-10 07:10 PM
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6. money and the short sighted media n/t
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Fri Apr-09-10 07:12 PM
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7. Lobbyists for a few multi-billion dollar, multinational corporations
Taking orders from the top 1%. They control the govt, they control the courts, they control the media, they control the economy. The rest of us are slaves.
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Fri Apr-09-10 08:17 PM
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Fri Apr-09-10 08:35 PM
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10. There's more range of emotion than that, Frenchie Cat
Though you're right- fear and resentment are major drivers of public policy in the states- money (and keeping out or away from certain hands) on the other hand is as much an end as it is a means.
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Fri Apr-09-10 08:40 PM
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Fri Apr-09-10 09:02 PM
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12. Other: The four winds
Whichever way they blow, the people go along even if they think they are fighting against something.
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Fri Apr-09-10 09:36 PM
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13. Polls, Fear, the Media, Money and the Right. eom
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The ability to raise plenty of money and the backing of the local and then national political machine. Selling your soul also comes in handy. :puke:
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15. The Fortune 500 and wealthy special interest groups, like the Chamber of Commerce and the NRA.
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