Does each side want the country to fail when the other side is in power?

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Does each side want the country to fail when the other side is in power?

Author: Curly1918 (15450 Posts - Joined: Aug 30, 2017)

Posted at 5:56 am on Dec 18, 2024

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And if so is our system the best to generate the best overall welfare?

More specifically, if our free enterprise economy begins to bloom under Trump will those on the left be sad and root for things to go bad?

the left be sad and wish for it to fail?

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Replies to: "Does each side want the country to fail when the other side is in power?"

Does each side want the country to fail when the other side is in power? - Curly1918 - 5:56am 12/18/24 (19) [View All]
- For some,"yes".For others:"fail at inflation,security,etc-no",but "fail at their social agenda -yes" [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:12am 12/18/24
- God I hope not. I don't remember Trump's people sabotaging Biden like his people are Trump. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 8:50am 12/18/24
- It's called tribalism and it is innate. [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 8:39am 12/18/24
- For those who work for a living or own a business, it's hard to root for the country to fail - LanceManion - 8:16am 12/18/24
- Yes. I think it's obvious. - Rooney - 7:41am 12/18/24
  - Zero sum means we all lose. - Curly1918 - 9:40am 12/18/24
    - It's already been established that Trump sought...and received...assistance from Putin to win the - TyroneIrish - 11:45am 12/18/24
      - No it has not. - PaND - 2:35pm 12/18/24
        Here you go, Pa...don't say you haven't been "served"...it's now in the Forum archives. [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 5:23pm 12/18/24
      - Even if so... Trump does not want his historical legacy to be just another Neville Chamberlain. - Curly1918 - 1:18pm 12/18/24
        Honestly...do you seriously think that Trump is in control of a man like Putin...the ex-KGB agent? - TyroneIrish - 5:33pm 12/18/24
        Try reversing that and it would be accurate. [NT] - Frank L - 6:54pm 12/18/24
        This is perhaps my greatest concern...Trump is a "Lame Duck"...and this may be Putin's best chance - TyroneIrish - 9:18pm 12/18/24
        Agree. But that’s what our electorate voted for so that’s what we get. Fools. - Frank L - 9:37am 12/19/24
      - Instead, they have been relegated wailing - ColeyO - 1:17pm 12/18/24
- We just had four years of that - Quest4twelve - 7:14am 12/18/24
  - He was blamed for all the doodoo that Orange’s mismanaged pandemic created. Politics my man. [NT] - Frank L - 9:39am 12/19/24
  - 8 years. [NT] - Rooney - 7:39am 12/18/24