stopthatgirl7Nov 28, 2023

After blocking hundreds of promotions, Tuberville said the US has 'the weakest military than we've probably had in my lifetime'

Tuberville failed to mention that he's personally prevented hundreds of officers from being promoted because he disagrees with a 2022 Pentagon policy.

https://www.businessinsider.com/tuberville-said-us-has-the-weakest-military-in-his-lifetime-2023-11

Tuberville said US has the 'weakest military' in his lifetime

Tuberville failed to mention that he's personally prevented hundreds of officers from being promoted because he disagrees with a 2022 Pentagon policy.

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Show threadCharlesDarwinNov 29, 2023

This is why no Republicans should ever be allowed into office.

Ever.

Show threadaidanNov 29, 2023
I love 1 party states when I agree with the party
Show threadDjtechaNov 29, 2023
Well if the gop folds then I’m sure you’d get a new 2nd party.
Show threadaidanNov 29, 2023
Why would competition continue to exist if the precedent of being able to abolish the competing party ever holding office were already set?
Show threadFlying SquidNov 29, 2023
Because we currently have two right-wing parties and no left-wing parties that are competitive.
Show threadaidanNov 29, 2023
That depends how you define left and right wing, which is not really something that has entirely agreed upon definitions.
Show threadAleric
Lol, according to whom? They’ve been clearly defined for decades. Political scientists don’t like it as it’s a two dimensional axis that lacks the ability to more accurately describe political views, but there’s no question on what it means.
Nov 29, 2023 at 7:05pmWeb
Show threadaidanNov 30, 2023

That’s not entirely true. The definition of left and right wing generally isn’t followed when actually applied. My personal way of defining it, is that most people consider left-wing = socialism, so imo the more socialist it is the more left it is, the more free market it is the further right it is.

Oxford says this for right wing:

the section of a political party or system that advocates free enterprise and private ownership, and typically favours socially traditional ideas; the conservative group or section.

So, how exactly, is Nazism far-right? They did not advocate free enterprise at all. Same with fascists that are corporatist. Yet, people like Richard Spencer are called far-right, because they’re racist? That makes a term like far-right a pejorative and not actually describing an ideology.