^ Yes, the Democrats have won the popular vote going back to 2000. If it weren't for abortion they would have the electoral vote too. In another thread I did a rough calculation that abortion has taken out about 8 million net Democrat voters (factoring in age and people who don't vote).
My position on abortion is I would not do it. If I happened to get a girl pregnant there would be two options: 1) marry her and have the kid; 2) pay for her to have the kid and then get it adopted.
Leftists on the other hand, go ahead and end your family line. This isn't a civilisation:
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But it's a cornerstone of the leftist ideal.
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At the current time beyond immigration, I don't care too much. A term of democratic socialism would probably be a good bit of bad medicine if it did't come with the likely open borders.
The Libertarians are the most deluded. The only country that I think could be called libertarian is Hong Kong. It has less than 15% government sending to GDP, one of the world's most open business environments and isn't notably legally restrictive on how you live your life. I think a key factor of why this is the case is the average IQ is 110, which means 50% of the pop. are mentally able to undertake professional jobs. Whereas in The West that figure is about 25%. In Serbia it's about 7%; in Saudi (native) 2% and 1% in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The reason such countries have their various standards of living is the have a greater or lesser ability to complete the tasks that lead to living standards.
My position on abortion is I would not do it. If I happened to get a girl pregnant there would be two options: 1) marry her and have the kid; 2) pay for her to have the kid and then get it adopted.
Leftists on the other hand, go ahead and end your family line. This isn't a civilisation:
But it's a cornerstone of the leftist ideal.
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At the current time beyond immigration, I don't care too much. A term of democratic socialism would probably be a good bit of bad medicine if it did't come with the likely open borders.
The Libertarians are the most deluded. The only country that I think could be called libertarian is Hong Kong. It has less than 15% government sending to GDP, one of the world's most open business environments and isn't notably legally restrictive on how you live your life. I think a key factor of why this is the case is the average IQ is 110, which means 50% of the pop. are mentally able to undertake professional jobs. Whereas in The West that figure is about 25%. In Serbia it's about 7%; in Saudi (native) 2% and 1% in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The reason such countries have their various standards of living is the have a greater or lesser ability to complete the tasks that lead to living standards.