“Bi-Partisanship” and “Compromise” Do Not Equal Fairess or Justice--And Kills People

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I actually wrote this a decade ago because it’s a recurring, corrosive cancer but re-upping the modern-day, pandemic-era view: “bi-partisanship” is a warm pile of shit. When someone is out to kill you, or your nation and community, making a deal for the sake of “bi-partisanship” or “compromise” makes no sense when the end result is injustice and a worsening of our lives.

But, “bi-partisanship” is clarifying. It is the glaring, loud “tell” that both parties accept the basic outlines of a corrupt, failed system. Sure, there is a difference in scale—and a significant difference of money, in some cases, if you look at the debate right now on the stimulus. It is blind, knee-jerk, failed leftist bloviating to not acknowledge that, yes, people will be somewhat better off in the short-term—in some cases, significantly better off—with Democrats running the show.

BUT…note, please, my use above of “SHORT-TERM”. Ideologically, the debate is between, on the one hand, really nutty people who neve…