After many interesting conversations with Republican friends, I've come to the conclusion that there is something wrong with the Republican mindset.
It seems to me that when discussing topics of importance Republicans compartmentalize on a subject and ignore any evidence to the contrary of their view. they cannot accept any view that conflicts with their own, there is no search for truth, there is just being right that matters, even if they're wrong, they cannot take "no" for an answer. This leads me to the following observations.
Whenever a president is republican, we're at war spending money like there's no tomorrow, lowering taxes at the same time, while dramatically increasing the national debt, in other words it seems republicans attract and cater to in Freudian terms people who's ego is dominated by the ID.
http://www.cedarcomm.com/~stevelm1/usdebt.htm < Government spending chart
When a president is a Democrat the government is busy raising the taxes to pay the bills left by the republicans, making huge efforts internationally through peace processes to smooth out the wrinkles left by the last republican "war" in other words it seems Democrats attract and cater to in Freudian terms people who's ego is dominated by the superego."The id is responsible for our basic drives such as food, sex, and aggressive impulses. It is amoral and egocentric, ruled by the pleasure–pain principle; it is without a sense of time, completely illogical, primarily sexual, infantile in its emotional development, and will not take "no" for an answer. "
In other words it seems to me Republican's live for the moment, thinking about things in terms of the effect it will have on themselves and no one else, while Democrats seem to think ahead and consider the effects on everyone not just themselves."The Super-ego comprises that organized part of the personality structure, mainly but not entirely unconscious, that includes the individual's ego ideals, spiritual goals, and the psychic agency (commonly called 'conscience') that criticizes and prohibits his or her drives, fantasies, feelings, and actions.The super-ego tends to stand in opposition to the desires of the id because of their conflicting objectives
Here I cite what I consider some examples, however dont get too side tracked from the above, just to argue about the validity of the examples below.
Its what I stated above that I'm forcused on.
Creationist
Here a pro creationist republican will disavow anything that is not dogma, even if it flies in the face of reason, they will state as a true believer that the bible says the world is 5000 years old, therefore it is.
Socialism
Here republicans use the term equating it with almost pure evil, despite the fact that most of the USA's social problems need socialistic programs to fix them. health care education, to most republicans it seems socialism in their mind is equal to communism, and the discussion ends there, don't try to point out the difference between the two. What's more universal health care is seen as wrong because it means paying for someone else's health problems.
To a republican it seems Democrats are socialist that just want to raise taxes, try to explain that every democratic government since WW2 has always entered office after a republican spending spree and it falls on deaf ears, even with evidence to the contrary. That democrats pay the bills and republicans spend it doesn't seem to count for anything.
look at this chart if you don't believe this
http://www.cedarcomm.com/~stevelm1/usdebt.htm
This chart is evidence that the current economic crisis has one very clear source, massive overspending.
here's another interesting link the cost of the Iraq war
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home
To a republican it seems questioning the government's policies in any way is equated with treason, anti patriotic etc...
To a republican it seems that the current financial crisis is due to democrat's Community Reinvestment act and subprime Mortgages, ignoring facts such as the act itself is a good idea, but that greedy banks tossed out loans to anyone, speculating on profit from foreclosure from people unable to pay their loans. But that the war in Iraq caused a wildfire recession that caused property values to collapse, making foreclosures unprofitable has nothing to do with this, its the act that is to blame, not greedy middlemen.
The list can go on and on, and the pattern is consistent. What freud difined as the ID is the driving force behind Republican idiotlogy.
