Politics are easy to understand these days.

[busterbrown]

Either one is in favor of hate/ignorance or rational thought/ humanistic ideology..

Fairly simple..There is just no room in the middle..

Very frightening..But it is what it is..

and that is the state of politics in our country today..

[villager]

1. A couple of decades ago -- longer? -- I saw an interview with Jim Croce's widow, of all people

The thing that always stuck with me about that interview was that she divided all politics up into "toxic" and "non-toxic."

I think she was absolutely right. And it's only gotten more acute since.

And yes, on the edge of the abyss as we are, there is no more middle.

[busterbrown]

3. exactly..!!

[Skittles]

2. I see a lot of swooning on DU for (insert idol here)

THAT certainly does not involve rational thought or critical thinking skills

[former9thward]

4. Totally untrue.

Everything you said is subjective. All politics is some compromise between the two extremes you have mentioned.

[busterbrown]

5. Let me give you an example..

There is no compromise here..


http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-30/what-i-learned-from-donald-trump-s-supporters

[ladjf]

6. Well said. nt

[hobbit709]

7. Politics today is divided between the ones that want to govern, and the ones that want to rule.

And the corporatists are all variations of the ones that want to rule.