How would life be in the US if Liberals ran the country?

Question

How would it affect the rest of the world? better... worse...

Answer 1

You don't appear to comprehend the textbook definitions of "conservative" and "liberal". Our "conservatives" are not so stuck on the status quo that they don't seek progress or change for the better, and our "liberals" are not so radical that they would jack in established laws and ideals.

The US is simply not prone to extremes, because most of its citizens are comfortable and all are equal in law. There are many good things worth conserving (conservative = good), and if something's not right, we fix it (liberal = also good).

Countries which are more vulnerable to extremism have lousy foundations. Take for example Russia in the early 20th century or France in the late 18th. Those countries had absolute monarchies on the one hand and the majority of their people lived in deep poverty/serfdom. Those countries were ripe for radical change, and the change was more pronounced in Russia in the longer term. The reason there was no successful and lasting revolution in England is because of the Magna Carta and an early transition away from serfdom. Fact of the matter is, it's a LIBERALIZATION of law which makes for a stable society. America did not need much liberalization - it was born with an already liberal system.

The countries today which are most likely to witness extremism are likewise absolute monarchies or dictatorships where the majority of people live in deep poverty.

The example given of the UAE is quite bizarre - the UAE is more liberal than most Arab states (you can actually wear a bikini on the beach, and people have many more freedoms than in e.g. Saudi Arabia, Yemen and even Egypt), but the vast majority of countries in the Middle East are conservative. The lack of womens rights is a purely conservative notion - women did not have rights before - CONSERVE the status quo - do not give them rights now. Women have the right to vote in Western democracies because of liberalization of laws. Conservatives at the time wanted to continue to deny women the right to vote and to own property. Unlike our "good" conservatives, the "bad" conservatives of the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere do not want progress; they lag behind the rest of the world in that area. Indeed, although the United States government recognizes regimes whose policies they don't like (the mullahs in Iran, the cruel dictatorship of Korea, the crushing of dissent in Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, China and Zimbabwe) as "conservative", they do not call them "conservatives" so as not to confuse the bad ones with the good.

CONSERVATIVE - from the word "conservare" meaning preserve, maintain, guard.

LIBERAL - from the word "liberalis" meaning favorable to progress or reform, favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible; open-minded or tolerant.

Answer 2

Life in the United States of Arab Emirates would be just dandy.

We would get time off to pray 5 times a day AND have breaks.

We would have gas at .20 cents a gallon for the first time since the 1940s (?).

We would all speak three languages: Arabic, Farsi, and Urdu at the very least. No more English.

We would not ever have to wonder what way we were heading because we would always know what way is East.
We would not have to worry about money or anything else because we would not be a Democracy we would be a socialist taliban ran country.

No more women and minority rights.

EDIT: My facts are simple...

Dem President- 5 Terrorist attacks by the SAME terrorist organization (Al Qaeda) throughout an 8 year term.

Rep President-1 Terrorist attack by Al Qaeda...8 months into his term and then nothing in 5 plus years.

Answer 3

TRue liberals, Much better for the world. The Majority of liberals in America, far worse for everyone. TRue liberal would make the world a better place for the world at a sacrifice to AMerica. Most self proclaimed liberals are selfish people hiding behind altruism. They're poor and want a better life for themselves, so they make laws to benefit themselves with out a thought of other countries. True liberals would offer our bounty to other countries,but everything has a cost. If we give away food, There would be less profit and less taxes.

Answer 4

Oh , you know - the usual when liberal democrats are in office : National security ignored ; documents smuggled out of national archives & shredded ; Our military depleted & national defense weapons scrapped ; Communist's funding the democrat party will be allowed in the White House while FBI & Secret Service are told "back off" "they don't need security clearance"; Terrorists will resume taking pot shots & worse at the U.S. , knowing it's up for grabs again . The "Dictator's 07 Tour "will go full speed ahead .

Answer 5

Were you asleep during the 90s?

Good times, peace on Earth, lower deficits, millions of new jobs, world respect...Remember?

Not now.

Bush has flushed all that down the shitter in one fell swoop.

But I guess you like all the chaos, the instability, the insanity, the incompetence...and this is just within the GOP and the Bush regime.

I haven't got started on what's wrong with the rest of the world and our country--thanks to W's "glorious" leadership...! lol

Answer 6

the U. S. is a conservative us of a. Political ideals of the commonplace "conservative" events in maximum different international locations would be referred to as liberal if espoused contained in the U. S.. take the theory-approximately regular wellbeing care as an occasion. i ought to grant many many greater. in case you truly see the U. S. as a liberal us of a, you're the two ignorant or naive.

Answer 7

Well we could have a balanced budget with a surplus like we did under Pres. Clinton. And Dick Cheney wouldn't be reading my email.
Nah, screw it. Stop bandying about these archaic terms like liberal and conservative. These are real people. The scary ones are the extremists, both ultra-right and ultra-left. Gov't used to be about at least a measure of bi-partisanship. Just because someone disagrees with me doesn't make them evil. Or even wrong. It is possible to two people to have diametrically opposing views and both be right.
We live in a representational democracy. Stop vilifying and start thinking.

Answer 8

You're giving me a total case of " In-Securities " that I can imagine, and I can really 'fantasize ' some pretty strange stuff ! God Bless America !!

Answer 9

The terrorists would be killing people at random in our streets while the liberals sat on their thumbs wondering why they were attacking us, and how we could better "communicate" with them. The miltary would be so downsized that it couldn't meet the threat. The only resistance would be armed citizens taking their own initiative, and hopefully saving us from too much carnage.

Liberals running things? What a nightmare! Cigarettes and coffee would be banned, and we'd all be ticked off !!

Answer 10

It would have to be better because liberals are not full of fear and hate like the cons are.

Lucky for douchebags like cj liberals fought england and won independence while the cons of the day were licking brit boot!

The worst attack ever against the USA happened with a con in The White House.