My point here is not to dance on the graves of elephants, but to point out that the Democrats have a coalition that won’t hold together either. Eventually it will split into factions around corporatism, the environment, abortion, the deficit, gays and race. How these factions sort themselves into two parties is anybody’s guess and depends both on which faction Obama supports and who leads the other faction.

I think that Kevin has admitted to favoring more “bread and circuses” (i.e. Democrats) — but i guess the point here is that the Dems still rely on a lot of guilt and intimidation. But is it the majority of their strategy?

His Social Security reform is only marginally different than the Bush reforms, since he would add retirement savings accounts in addition to Social Security. Even then, his plan depends on the buying of stock in multinationals which uses the profits generated by foreign workers to fund retirees – just as the GOP plan does. Global Capitalism is the way out of the aging crisis for both sides – however the answer is to find a way to incentivize more births – not exploiting foreign workers – who if history is any guide, won’t allow themselves to be exploited for long.

I know that it is common usage to refer to any overbearing/controlling person or institution as “Nazi”, but this usage always grates me (especially in political discussions) because it can be so insulting and also confuses the issues.

The “Nazi” label can easily be dismissed by saying “well, I’m not committing racist genocide, am I?” In the end, I’m afraid that the general public will forget that a person can be a tyrant even if they aren’t a Nazi (or a fascist).