the time for debate is over

DIVISIVE POLITICS

What is this bring the country together united belamy? If everyone agrees on a public policy that does not make it good public policy. If by disagreeing with a policy against a super-majority of people, does that make one unpatriotic (or divisive to use the parlance of the Dems)? Well lets trot out some mobs, er... unity governments from the 20th century to present. Oh the National Socialist party of Germany comes to mind, lets see, the Bolshevik revolution, FDR during depression and war, and Bush/republican congress spending. Some would call these super-majorities of unity produced some terrible policy. Other unity movements have been better, such as: for-the-most-part unified US foreign policy during the cold war, the bipartisan Regan tax cuts, and the overthrow of the Taliban. So what is a way of delegating government power to control which policies go through and which are stopped? Well for starters compromise is overrated often producing the worst of evils rather than the lessor. Candidates whose appeal for unity (other than the standard stump BS) are really calling for a mass conversion to either their point of view or a belittling of legitimate differences of opinion. Given that reasonable differences of opinion will always exist and given that political opponents will always think that all reasonable people have to think alike... - It is almost like we need a written governing law to protect peoples natural rights against the mobs of unity (conformity), something we could call a Constitution. In this document could be put provisions to protect against rapid change wrought by group-think, and a separation of government powers - limiting government. This separation of powers could be among federal and local levels, maybe called federalism, and division of government into different branches with "checks and balances of power." That way a legitimate process would allow for a maximization of policies to reflect peoples different values and facilitate coexistence, by allowing them to participate in shaping/changing those values rather than Judicial/doctoral fiat taking that away (See some decision circa 1973). So it would be wise for people to resist calls for the sheep of the world to unite!