American Presidential Election

Good to see South Carolina democratic party is united behind Biden. If Dems are serious about winning presidency, they need to field a practical candidate. Bernie is talking nothing new that world had not heard before from Jesus, Muhammad and Karl Marx. Yet the consequence of those calls for justice and equality have been devastating on world history. Christianity preached same message as that of Bernie- justice and equality. End result ? Western civilization that started with classical Greece collapsed and Europe plunged into dark age. Why Newton and Galileo had to wait 1500 years after Athens ? Because Christianity pushed back the wheels of civilization. Rome and Greece flourished in Stoicism- foundation of modern Western Civilization. Christianity killed the excellence achieved by Stoicism. Same history is true with Islam. It has great message of equality and justice. Ideologically great stuff. Yet Islamic civilization created one of the bloodiest, unjust and ...

Democratic primary is getting complicated. Due analysis is required. (1) Bernie has trounced his opponents yesterday in Nevada. This shows left votes have consolidated behind him. But it was a caucus and not a closed primary. In caucus, left leaning candidates will have advantage since independents can vote. Last time in closed primary, Bernie was totally obliterated while he did well in caucus. (2) Issue is, selecting him as Dem nominee means another 4 years of Trump. He can't beat Trump. Because there are a lot of Democrats, perhaps more than leftists believe in market capitalism but a better capitalism. They ( and me) do not believe in state capitalism in the name of socialism that Bernie is promoting. Because everywhere socialism has been experimented, it has failed. Besides Bernie and his team are radical and undemocratic. They do not believe in inclusion and difference in opinion. Simply put, they display all the paraphernalia of a communist mindset. T...