Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "The Republicans Got Tired of Winning So They're Throwing the Kavanaugh Battle and the Midterms" video.

  1. Party politics is just a peculiar instance of large group dynamics: age percolates one to the upper hierarchical levels where experience amounts to a useful skill. As the passage of time claims these leaders, their positions are assumed by younger group members, transforming the character of the group. This transformation process, while regular in its recurrence, occurs by fits and starts as leaders go from "there" to "not there", being replaced by uniquely different leader characters. It only looks chaotic because it's organic, and, therefore, messy.
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  2. Cowards? For not taking the dims freak-out bait? Most people understand (though they will not say) that the Republicans in Congress are being careful to not create impressions that might impact negatively their prospects for reelection. They are coddling the protestors now, but, clearly, finally, they will ignore them (as they should be ignored because they are a purposely disruptive influence with a miniscule membership, their voice exaggerated all out of proportion to its legitimacy) and confirm Kavanaugh. The Republican party is in a major transition; Trump is the model. The "old guard" is always a stabilizer AND an impediment. With the turnover of a handful of high-profile old guard republicans, the party will have effectively shed its old skin, allowing a somewhat different, more responsive and less cynical, character to come to the fore. The Dem party, as you'd expect naturally, is experiencing the same thing: as the old guard's character fades, its younger members fill in the vacations. But in the case of dims, the younger members are socialist/communist leaning. All of our Constitutions guarantee a representative republic form of government. If you're not on board with that guarantee, I don't see how you should be allowed to participate in such a high level of government (I mean, what?, all trojan horses welcome?!), since you must necessarily work to subvert the government!!!
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  3. How about an American Realist Party, ARP! No more dim/rep BS, just human beings doing and thinking what makes sense: respect others, especially by minding your own business; minimalist government.
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  4. Libertarianism is too idealistic for practical implementation, since it expects everyone to be responsible individuals. The world doesn't lay out that neatly, though. In reality, any character you can imagine, and many you can't, exists, from the wildly irresponsible to the ultra-responsible, with a few who don't even recognize the concept of "responsibility". It's an admirable ideal. I guess my unconsidered notion of ARP would have to be anarchistic...the Democratic Anarchists, has a bit of a ring to it...
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