[ExI] I hate to say it but, I agree with Trump

[Adrian Tymes]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2026, 2:16 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Ask instead what is it about America that makes things different from most
> other democracies, politically?
>
> I'd say it's the deeply entrenched two-party system. More than
> deeply-entrenched, it's almost certainly a permanent and unchangeable
> feature of american politics. Compare that with most european countries
> (maybe all, I haven't checked). Even in Britain it's not just Tories and
> Labour.
>
> Platforms like Facebook etc. do try to export the polarised mind-set to
> the rest of the world, but it doesn't tend to take hold as deeply as it
> does in americans because everyone else is used to a more nuanced political
> situation. When you grow up in a country where everything is either black
> or white, you can't understand what it's like to live somewhere that even
> has shades of grey, let alone different colours.
>
> So yes, I think it is a specifically (or mainly) USA problem. Even the
> subject line of this thread reinforces this view. You're either with Trump
> or against him. What about agreeing with some of his policies and
> disagreeing with others? That's not really an option, is it, in the US?
> (not that I can think of /any/ of his policies that I'd agree with, but
> that's a different matter. I can still conceive of the possibility without
> any cognitive dissonance. I suspect that's not true of most americans).
>

Well put.  I can think of a (very) few of his actions and orders that I
agree with, and would like to see left in place once he is out of office -
while simultaneously thinking he should be impeached for several others.

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