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My point being that more liberal =/= more leftist from a world and historical perspective. Liberals are still capitalists and tend to glance over the faults inherent in a capitalist system, just as conservatives do.Republicans are *less consistently conservative*, Democrats are *more consistently liberal*, it's right there.
This is no longer up for debate after his recent remarks on Twitter. "Go back to your country" is the same line that's been used by racists and segregationists for over a century now.As for Trump, he's not a racist.
Dictators who starve their citizens and deprive them of basic human rights are not strong leaders, they're selfish and weak. It's no wonder Trump sees so much of himself in them.Having a fondness for strong leadership, aka what you call "authoritarianism" is neither left nor right-wing, history shows that both left and right-wing authoritarianism is a possibility.
Indeed, and they've been willing to provide funding for such a venture from the beginning, but Trump wouldn't accept anything less than a wasteful and overly-expensive wall. Probably just so he can put his name on it in large gold letters to temporarily satisfy his NPD.As for his political alignment, the Democrats have been advocating the construction of a physical barrier at the border for as long as I remember, this includes Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton and Chuck Shumer who all supported the Secure Fence Act of 2006.
Why do you think so many Democrats refused to vote for her in 2016? Same thing is going to happen to Biden if he gets the nomination. Just reinforces my point that Democrats are sick of "Republican lite" candidates.I won't even get into Hilary's statements regarding "super predators" or other tasty treats from recent history.
It also helps keep deportation numbers low when he's holding immigrants in cages well past point when the law demands they be released. Inefficiency and incompetency, the defining traits of the Trump administration.He's nowhere near matching Deporter in Chief, Trump's numbers are lagging behind his predecessor since, miraculously, Democrat mayors refuse to cooperate with him even in the cases of immigrants who received their final notices.
Easy to say from the comfort of a country where citizens don't risk lifelong bankruptcy over a single illness or necessary surgery.Regarding healthcare, the last thing you want is an NHS-style entity. It's colossaly wasteful and its supposed efficiency is grossly overestimated.
Maybe so, but it's just one of several first-world countries that are leaving the US in the dust when it comes to nearly any standard of living metric.On a less serious note, you are giving Poland a lot of undue credit. I can assure you that it's undeserved.