It could be argued that we are now living with - and, to large extent, under - a Republican Caliphate. The Republican party has given history its generous share of great presidents, legislators, governors, and statesmen, but it is now a party (and perhaps "cabal" would be the better word) whose rank self-interest is sociopathic in its indifference not only to human suffering, but to the cries of a wounded planet whose tears could drown us all...
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.You are mixing oranges and apples. A caliphate is a dictatorship controlled by religious dogma and its "true believers." Republican actions, on their own, are leading to an oligarchy dominated by a few with wealth.
But, the current collusion between evangelical Christian leaders who are morally bankrupt and the Trump cabal is that Trump and company are giving the corrupt evangelicals an entrance into serious comingling of church and state which could -- if not stopped -- destroy our democracy and lead to religious tyranny. The culprits are the Trump cabal, those evangelicals who have sold their "souls" for power, and the Republicans who stand aside and let them do it.
wordywalt
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Nov 20, 2017
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I respectfully disagree with your disagreement about the metaphor of the Caliphate - just yesterday I heard a Republican say that there is a deeply religious quality about the modern Conservative's shameless devotion to party, to Old Testament Christianity, to their deformed vision of the "true" America, and, of course, to Money, perhaps above all, though I agree with everything else you wrote, and I thank you very much for your reply...
I agree, though the real depressing thing is that dems and moderates can't get our act together, yet the demographic that is not extreme right-wing outnumbers the extreme right... that's the real sad thing. We (everyone who is not extreme right) should be able to fix things if we could get on the same team.
CrankyAntie
Level 5
Nov 20, 2017
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pretty spot on, i'd replace the monacre 'republican' with 'rich, fearmongering, manipulative, status-quo-loving, entitled, narcissistic, nepotist, elitist, lying asshats' though.
JHeyoka
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Nov 20, 2017
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ok, ok, asshats might be a little strong
asshats is my term of the last 2 years!
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