Excellent, as usual. It provokes a question, however. One that I have asked of several thoughtful, intelligent, and insightful, Objectivists, and never received an "answer" in response.
In your mind, does this obvious "asset," together with whatever others the Trump administration may reflect, have influence in offsetting obvious "liabilities?" Was he and his constituencies a "better" or "worse" choice than Harris and hers? Why?
Did you put the word "answer' in quotes because you meant an answer acceptable to you? You haven't really asked a question with an answer, you've asked a question that would require a tome to reply and would raise many other questions to be addressed before you even got to this question. If you've asked intelligent, insightful people this question, as you say, I suspect their answers were somewhere along the lines of break this down into a clear question and get back to me.
No. I was soliciting a value judgement, proffered as a summary of Trump verses whatever other choices Anders considered making in the election. Whatever other potential "bright spots" might exist when compared to whatever potential "bright spots" offered by Harris? By ? By abstention? Certainly - by implication, potential "dark spots" as well!
I was soliciting a question leading to an answer in context - not by the standard of the ideal. By a standard that is theorized/imagined, one that is, alas, never on the menu.
I voted for Trump but have no illusions over what I might be getting should he win. However, I was certain what I would be getting should his opposition have prevailed.
Excellent, as usual. It provokes a question, however. One that I have asked of several thoughtful, intelligent, and insightful, Objectivists, and never received an "answer" in response.
In your mind, does this obvious "asset," together with whatever others the Trump administration may reflect, have influence in offsetting obvious "liabilities?" Was he and his constituencies a "better" or "worse" choice than Harris and hers? Why?
Did you put the word "answer' in quotes because you meant an answer acceptable to you? You haven't really asked a question with an answer, you've asked a question that would require a tome to reply and would raise many other questions to be addressed before you even got to this question. If you've asked intelligent, insightful people this question, as you say, I suspect their answers were somewhere along the lines of break this down into a clear question and get back to me.
No. I was soliciting a value judgement, proffered as a summary of Trump verses whatever other choices Anders considered making in the election. Whatever other potential "bright spots" might exist when compared to whatever potential "bright spots" offered by Harris? By ? By abstention? Certainly - by implication, potential "dark spots" as well!
I was soliciting a question leading to an answer in context - not by the standard of the ideal. By a standard that is theorized/imagined, one that is, alas, never on the menu.
I voted for Trump but have no illusions over what I might be getting should he win. However, I was certain what I would be getting should his opposition have prevailed.