I would never post this to /r/theredpill because political discussions are rightfully banned. But I feel like we are small enough and mature enough, to have an actual discussion of politics from a standpoint of power.

Note that I am a mod here, and if this devolves into a flame-war, ad-hominem attacks, baseless political zealoutry, "passion", anger without underlying facts, or off-topic discussions, I will delete the thread in question and discuss with the other mods potential bans. Stay on topic and stay rational.

This is related to many discussions on /r/darkenlightenment as well.

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I assert that over a minimal level of protection (the defense budget is 1/3 of the federal budget), and expansion taxes are a form of control. They are systematically taking resources from those who have found a way to acquire it (via inheritance, hard work, thievery, whathaveyou), and redistribute it to those who are too weak, or not clever enough, or yes even not fortunate enough, to have received it.

It's a form of power in an epic right. The poor recruiting the powerful politicians to take resources (money or property) from the wealthier, since they don't have the ability nor desire to take it themselves. If they did, they likely wouldn't be as poor.

By painting it as "doing the right thing", they elicit the idea of "morality" for their own end goals, twisting it and using it to gain more power.

While that harps pretty hard on hardcore democrats, the hardcore republicans are not immune, either. They have elicited the idea of "morality" for their own end goals of controlling others' sexuality and can be considered pawns of the church.

I assert that both sides are really just knights of either the poor trying to take more resources for themselves, the church scared of losing power of its congregations, or the wealthy trying to hold on to their acquired resources.

In the book Might is Right, the authors discussed the idea that every oppressed people who "took back their freedom" from their oppressors, really just exerted their power and took resources from their oppressors usually by force, viewing life as a constant struggle for acquisitions. Extremely competitive and non-cooperative way to view the world, which the authors assert is the natural order of nature.

Painted in this light, let's have an actual discussion of politics and power without the petty flame-throwing and ad-hominem, emotional arguments, that feminized men have.