I joined a new and interesting web site lately. It is called Medium.com. It is a collection of writers on diverse topics. Some things caught my eyes and this topic is one. Now I don't profess to be writing at the level of these folks, but follow the links and be prepared to think.
It began with a discussion about Trump, Cruz and Rubio and why my friends and I would or would not vote for them. One of us wants a moderate who can forge compromises at an adult level so as to actually get something done in Washington...he thinks Rubio fits that bill. Another is totally focused on immigration and amnesty, and thus Trump's hard line appeals and Rubio's former complicity with the Gang of 8 and their amnesty leanings gets his goat. One of us is sympathetic to the first point of view, but likes the constitution purity represented by Cruz. Now we are not all single-issue voters, but these are the principle things driving us. These issues and a hatred of Clinton's perfidy and a fear of Sander's socialist ideology leave us with only Republican choices.
So this is where a writer named Umair Haque caught my eye, who writes on Medium.com. He is an economist. The first article by Umair discusses Extremism and Fascism and how the world in general is moving once again toward Fascism because of a move toward extremist views by both political sides, left and right,
See here: why-fascism-is-rising-again-and-what-you-can-learn-from-it
Be sure to also read the first comment link for this article at: is-this-how-fascism-rises-again
Then go to the first comment by Michael Bartlett in the comments there: an-awesome-article
Follow all this with more from Umair: the-year-we-all-became-terrible-people
I think all of this puts an interesting context on the campaigns of Clinton and Sanders and explains their movement to the far left. As for Trump and Cruz, it puts a concerning light on their campaigns. Maybe Rubio is the winner in all of this?
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