Where's my flying car?

[labellementeuse]

Here's what I think about the inauguration: You know all those movies, usually vaguely crappy sci-fi/natural disaster movies, set somewhere in the indeterminate future? Like Independence Day and Deep Impact and stuff. Well, sixth_light and I realised some time ago (because we watched a lot of aforementioned vaguely crappy SF movies) that the President was always black. It's like it was a rule: In The Indeterminate Future, the President will be African-American. Putting This In Our Movie Makes Us Seem Liberal, Right?

So anyway. Welcome to the future, y'all.

Comments

[amarynth.livejournal.com]

Yes it is pretty hypocritical isn't it? Still, voting for somebody and discussing (or arguing) with them are somewhat different things for me. My disapproval or approval in a discussion doesn't mean much to most people; the stakes are low. In an electoral situation there are stakes, even if my particular vote doesn't count for much.

As for the christian politician, it obviously depends on the alternative. I'd certainly pick him over an atheist libertarian capitalist like Rodney Hide. My only worry would be that if they had a crisis of faith they might abandon all their socialism too, but I'm not aware of any examples.

That politician is, of course, not that hypothetical. In New Zealand those sorts of politicians dominated the Labour party right up until the 1980s.

And I agree with you on the religious thing. I'm not sure that an atheist American wouldn't be as interventionist as it is - I think there are economic factors which both religion and belligerence spring from. But it is interesting to note that most religious groups use reasonably secular logic (even if things like "the family" and "traditional values", while theoretically secular, are increasingly code words for religious conservatism). Presumably it's because they can't afford to alienate non-religious or atheist conservatives, whereas in the USA that is such a small group it effectively has nowhere to go but the mainstream conservative movement.