Comments on: Liveblogging 2010 election on Twitter http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/02/liveblogging_20/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dr Anonymous http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/02/liveblogging_20/comment-page-1/#comment-279742 Dr Anonymous Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:24:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6362#comment-279742 <blockquote>But of all its characteristics, corporatism or a corporate-govt alliance is one of its least defining characteristics</blockquote> <p>Not sure what the original comment intended, but that's likely not exactly what corporatism means in this context. It has more to do with conceiving of the nation as a singular entity than it does with corporations though apparently the two are linked. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism Anyway, i don't know that much about this but I thought I would mention this as I found it interesting.</p> But of all its characteristics, corporatism or a corporate-govt alliance is one of its least defining characteristics

Not sure what the original comment intended, but that’s likely not exactly what corporatism means in this context. It has more to do with conceiving of the nation as a singular entity than it does with corporations though apparently the two are linked. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism Anyway, i don’t know that much about this but I thought I would mention this as I found it interesting.

]]> By: Manju http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/02/liveblogging_20/comment-page-1/#comment-279728 Manju Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:50:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6362#comment-279728 <p>"Both are dominated by corporatist fascists."</p> <p>Well then I'm a Fascist. Whatever the dominant political ideology in America is, thats I'm that...because thats the most successful one in the history of all of humanity. Fascism was a respectable position at one point that was undermined because its the one ideology that can't be separated from its atrocities, with communism coming in a distant 2nd.</p> <p>But of all its characteristics, corporatism or a corporate-govt alliance is one of its least defining characteristics. This is getting close to the Hitler was a vegetarian argument.</p> “Both are dominated by corporatist fascists.”

Well then I’m a Fascist. Whatever the dominant political ideology in America is, thats I’m that…because thats the most successful one in the history of all of humanity. Fascism was a respectable position at one point that was undermined because its the one ideology that can’t be separated from its atrocities, with communism coming in a distant 2nd.

But of all its characteristics, corporatism or a corporate-govt alliance is one of its least defining characteristics. This is getting close to the Hitler was a vegetarian argument.

]]> By: Dr Anonymous http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/02/liveblogging_20/comment-page-1/#comment-279725 Dr Anonymous Sat, 06 Nov 2010 23:42:22 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6362#comment-279725 <blockquote>make a distinction between indians and indian americans</blockquote> <p>Why, because the Indian electorate is to the left of the Indian American electorate on economic policies? :P</p> make a distinction between indians and indian americans

Why, because the Indian electorate is to the left of the Indian American electorate on economic policies? :P

]]> By: Afro-Desi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/02/liveblogging_20/comment-page-1/#comment-279715 Afro-Desi Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:11:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6362#comment-279715 <p>Pravin,</p> <p>Medicare/SS is the biggest debt threat in actuality. GOP's War on Terror makes up for Dem's War in Vietnam I guess, let's not forget the Dems were baying for an Iraqi invasion back in 1998.</p> Pravin,

Medicare/SS is the biggest debt threat in actuality. GOP’s War on Terror makes up for Dem’s War in Vietnam I guess, let’s not forget the Dems were baying for an Iraqi invasion back in 1998.

]]> By: Pravin Praveen http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/02/liveblogging_20/comment-page-1/#comment-279711 Pravin Praveen Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:05:28 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6362#comment-279711 <p><quote> just tend to see GOP has guiding American at disaster at 75 mph,</quote></p> <p>AfriDesi, one would say the republican war on terror wasted more than a trillion dollars and sent the country soaring towards disaster at 200mph. All the social programs that Obama added are just a fraction of that.</p> just tend to see GOP has guiding American at disaster at 75 mph,

AfriDesi, one would say the republican war on terror wasted more than a trillion dollars and sent the country soaring towards disaster at 200mph. All the social programs that Obama added are just a fraction of that.

]]> By: Surya Prasad http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/02/liveblogging_20/comment-page-1/#comment-279708 Surya Prasad Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:46:10 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6362#comment-279708 <p>I wouldn't lump in all Indian-Americans together either. I consider myself an American and keralite and very rarely an "Indian". We have nothing in common with the northies (most of the people on SepiaMutiny) and little in common with Tamils.</p> I wouldn’t lump in all Indian-Americans together either. I consider myself an American and keralite and very rarely an “Indian”. We have nothing in common with the northies (most of the people on SepiaMutiny) and little in common with Tamils.

]]> By: Afro-Desi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/02/liveblogging_20/comment-page-1/#comment-279707 Afro-Desi Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:40:28 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6362#comment-279707 <p>I just said "Indian" sort of like I would say "black" instead of African American.</p> <p>I'm not GOP cheerleader by any means, and am a libertarian, myself. I just tend to see GOP has guiding American at disaster at 75 mph, while Dems are 100 mph. Both are dominated by corporatist fascists.</p> I just said “Indian” sort of like I would say “black” instead of African American.

I’m not GOP cheerleader by any means, and am a libertarian, myself. I just tend to see GOP has guiding American at disaster at 75 mph, while Dems are 100 mph. Both are dominated by corporatist fascists.

]]> By: Pravin Praveen http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/02/liveblogging_20/comment-page-1/#comment-279695 Pravin Praveen Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:24:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6362#comment-279695 <p>Razib is correct. You just can't lump Indians and Indian Americans in the same boat. You got the generational divide in addition to the cultural divide. Younger Indians with the exception of the Jindal types and the Rutgers asshole tend to be more liberal socially than your average republican. However fiscally you will see younger Indians more diverse and do not subscribe to typical liberal thinking on the solutions needed to fix the country and improve the stock of minorities. But those of us who are not on the same page as liberals when it comes to specific solution do not vote for Republicans because we still prefer the overall bigger goals of the liberals.</p> Razib is correct. You just can’t lump Indians and Indian Americans in the same boat. You got the generational divide in addition to the cultural divide. Younger Indians with the exception of the Jindal types and the Rutgers asshole tend to be more liberal socially than your average republican. However fiscally you will see younger Indians more diverse and do not subscribe to typical liberal thinking on the solutions needed to fix the country and improve the stock of minorities. But those of us who are not on the same page as liberals when it comes to specific solution do not vote for Republicans because we still prefer the overall bigger goals of the liberals.

]]> By: razib khan - atheist http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/02/liveblogging_20/comment-page-1/#comment-279685 razib khan - atheist Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:54:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6362#comment-279685 <p><i>What <b>Indians</b> see in the Dem party is beyond me</i></p> <p>make a distinction between <b>indians</b> and indian americans. indian americans of 1.5 or 2nd gen i meet are all invariably liberal or libertarian. the exceptions are christians. there are a rump of us who are republican-leaning for a variety of reasons, but we're in the minority, and the rise of social conservatives (the tea party seems to have gone in that direction) seems to be accelerating the process.</p> What Indians see in the Dem party is beyond me

make a distinction between indians and indian americans. indian americans of 1.5 or 2nd gen i meet are all invariably liberal or libertarian. the exceptions are christians. there are a rump of us who are republican-leaning for a variety of reasons, but we’re in the minority, and the rise of social conservatives (the tea party seems to have gone in that direction) seems to be accelerating the process.

]]> By: Dr Anonymous http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/11/02/liveblogging_20/comment-page-1/#comment-279684 Dr Anonymous Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:48:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6362#comment-279684 <p>Go Kamala Harris! :)</p> Go Kamala Harris! :)

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