I agree on the Repugs but you are far too idealistic about the Democrats. They've sold us out plenty of times.

That's a reasonable assumption .

I think it's a matter of which group will exercise their particular strategies of control of the masses to please their financial backers. Republicans chose to use coercion and Democrats consent of the populace.

While some pointed out, it is not a full explanation, to me what is important is how in touch with reality are both parties? Are they governing based on ideology or based on knowledge and facts. I think both can improve there but the dems are definitely closer to reality.

• We need immigration (our birth rate is too low)
• We cannot let money govern politics.
• Guns hurt people
• Trickle down economics mostly do not work for everyone
• Wage disparity is an issue
• Universal healthcare is important, all other civilized countries have realized that.
• Society will never cease to progress, you have to govern with that in mind.

So while it is not complete, I agree.

Your description of the choices are not complete and nuanced enough so to agree or disagree with them is futile.

That just about hits it. I will fight forever for you to be born. (I need your vote.) Once you are born you are totally on your own.

Empathy. Republicans desire to use it as little as possible Democrats over use it at times and perhaps it's true use should to be somewhere in the middle. I will always be a Democrat because if these are the only two choices it's best not to let the vulnerable suffer and err on the side of empathy overuse always. At least lives will be saved that way. These two parties are like night and day with very little similarities.

It's not possible to declare 'Republicans are X, Democrats are Y' because both Republicans and Democrats vary greatly.

However there do seem to be some VAGUE common factors. In general Republicans enjoy taking large amounts of money from big business, and sell themselves to get it - so do many Democrats, though maybe slightly fewer. Republicans often display bigotry and intollerance - Democrats are often bigotted too, but perhaps less often.

To be honest there's far less difference between the two than many would claim.

While I agree about republicans I don't give the dems a pass on greed and being corporate shills.

i have heard it put more simply: republicans don't care about what other people experience unless it happens to them too, or someone they love. no gay rights -- unless my son is gay. no immigration -- unless my wife is mexican. guns are not a problem -- unless it's my kid's school that gets shot up. "no one needs health care as long as i have health care" and "i don't care about that bad thing unless it happens to me." democrats say "i need health care and everyone else needs it too" and "that bad thing shouldn't happen to ANYONE."

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