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What could go wrong? First of all, Trump was elected to be the next president. That was wrong. For the next four years, he will try to enact all his insane policies, and they will all go wrong. When his policies start to fail, he will blame that on someone else. That will also, hopefully, go wrong, and he will be held accountable for his failures.

I apologize to the entire world for my fellow citizens electing Trump as president again. It's deplorable and very distressing to many in the USA also.

Actually, socialism hasn't "failed miserably everywhere." One example is American Indian tribes, and there are many more historical examples. Socialism does not achieve equality by "dragging everyone down to the lowest level possible." Sharing lowers the level of some and raises the level of others. The result is a level somewhere in the middle. Socialism would only seem repressive and retrogressive to those who want to feel superior and live on a level higher than others. Another name for "left-wing nut-jobs" like me is "woke," or even better, "visionary." We do feel more virtuous than those on the right, but not sanctimonious or morally superior. Socialism is not the "holy grail." Communism is the final goal.

Yes, socialism is sharing everything, and that includes supporting each other in all aspects of life.

No, not from me...

And 74 million voted for Harris. I wouldn't call that a "landslide."

I grew up as a "have," but not overly so. Later in life, I realized that many are not as fortunate as me through no fault of their own. It's those with whom I believe we should share our good fortunes instead of ostracizing them.

I'll try, but I think it's already too late. I would have never thought there were as many people in the USA, my home country, that would vote for someone like Trump. He's either conned them, or they actually do share the same values as he has. Either way, it may already be too late for the USA. I expect Trump to completely disrupt our society over the next four years, and after that, there may be no way to fix it.

A socialist: someone who will share whatever they have with everyone else. A capitalist: someone who will only share a small amount of what they have, and then only if it will produce a profit.

I'm a far-left "woke" (a.k.a. "visionary") liberal who firmly supports socialism as a goal for any nation. I do think above you are talking about the economy and not the type of government. And I think one of your sentences is a misquote. It should be "FROM each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." Besides that, I do not dispute anything you've said above, except socialist thought existed long before Germany became a country, but that's just nit-picking, so I'll be interested to see where you go from here.

I don't believe in any delusional God, Buddha, etc., but dividing the human race (and other animals) up into just two genders doesn't seem to work for a small percentage of the population. How we deal with that and treat them is the topic. Rather than deny they exist, I would rather see them accommodated in some way, not just excluded.

If not separate leagues, then there have to be definite rules defining how someone qualifies for one or the other league. Examples would be birth certificate, DNA analysis, physical examination, etc...

He's hurt us all, even those who now support him. He's hurt them by allowing them to believe the socially destructive things they believe are true. And will hurt us all a lot more during the next four years...

I think there needs to be either definite rules in men's and women's sports events regarding what gender a participant qualifies for, or there needs to be two more categories of sports events for transgender men and transgender women.

Current and future POS...

Those turning this man into a cultural icon are not "woke." "Woke" means "visionary," someone who has "...strong, original ideas about how things might be different in the future, especially about how things might be improved." VISIONARY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Nikita Kruschev were also named Times' "Man of the Year." Being named "Man of the Year" doesn't mean you've done or will do anything beneficial for the world. It does probably mean that what you have done or will do will have a significant impact on the world. And I do think that the next four years of Trump's presidency will indeed have quite an impact - a very troublesome one. 10 Most Questionable Choices For TIME'S Person Of The Year

Some liberals are much, but not well, educated. Some are well, but not much, educated. Some are both, and some are neither.

I'm a liberal, but unlike many on the left, and apparently you, my compassion is not selective. My response above was to an accusation that liberals "exploit compassion for political power." I would not exploit compassion for any reason, especially political power. I'm not concerned much with political power. I am mainly concerned with living according to my values and expressing those values when appropriate.

I am very well educated. I do have the ability to learn and have done so all my life. I only recall a few things that I have been wrong about on these forums, and I've acknowledged those. All the rest of the things people like you think I'm wrong about are just different opinions. You and I disagree on many things, maybe everything, but that doesn't make you or me wrong. That's the way I see it, anyway.

Most liberals I know, such as myself, are very well-educated, try to stay informed, and are not "self-deluded" but "woke." And, yes, you should take that into account on all of my comments.

I'm sure that's true of some, maybe many liberals, especially those overly concerned with politics. This argument doesn't apply to me and other true liberals I know.

Remember when Oprah and 'The View' liked Trump? No, I don't watch either of these programs. But, if you say they did, I believe you. They, however, IMO, don't speak for all the left, like lefties like me. I'm very, very far left and what you'd probably call "woke" for over 50 years. (I'm going to be 79 in January.)

I've been far-left liberal for at least 50 years. Neither Trump nor Musk has ever been my "darling." I don't recall Trump ever being supported by the left. And Musk may have been supported by some liberals when he started manufacturing electric vehicles, but other than that, no. Now, he seems obsessed with abandoning the Earth and going to another planet before we (humans) learn to live both socially and environmentally compatible with the Earth. I'd not call that "colonizing"; I'd call that "metastasizing,"

I'm not so much concerned with IQ as with compassion, empathy, and the propensity to share. Those are the most important traits that, IMO, determine whether someone is a liberal or conservative.