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Democrats are dangerous because they are:

IGNORANT
UNREALISTIC
DECEITFUL
RUTHLESS
UNACCOUNTABLE
STRATEGIC

Ideal for Republicans looking for a concise overview, students trying to understand politics, and Democrats starting to question their party leaders.

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About

I am a retired businessman and college professor who began studying conservative principles and politics at an early age. At 12 years old, I watched the mayhem unfold at the Democratic convention in Chicago. While still in high school, I read Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, and National Review. Continuing my education, I earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Dartmouth College and a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Chicago.

After a successful business career in Chicago, where we raised our children, my wife and I moved to western North Carolina. For ten years, I was privileged to teach economics and an array of business classes including marketing, corporate finance, personal finance, management information systems, and total quality management, all of which were part of my business experience.

On our journey together, we were blessed with two daughters and two granddaughters. And we celebrated our 40^th wedding anniversary in 2024. We are also the proud parents of two dogs, Tucker and Daisy, and Keira the cat, proof that different types really can coexist.

CONTENTS

DANGEROUS TIMES
The changing Democratic party
Democrats are dangerous
Exposing the truth
Republicans aren’t blameless
The ultimate goal

IGNORANT
The importance of ignorance
Basic economic principles
Resources are limited
Opportunity costs
People behave rationally
People respond to incentives and disincentives
Decisions are made at the margin
Sunk costs
The American economic system
The free market
Supply and demand
Price ceilings
Price floors
Other economic systems
Macroeconomics
Fiscal policy
Monetary policy
Deficits and the national debt
Businesses
Running a business is hard
Profits are necessary
Face competition
Pass on increased taxes and costs
Businesses build individual wealth
Constitution
Limits federal power
Creates separation of powers
Protects smaller states
Limits administrative state power
Limits presidential power

UNREALISTIC
Policies based on hopes and emotions
Demand full allegiance
Can’t see past the first domino
Don’t consider long-term effects
Never count the costs

DECEITFUL
Propaganda
Avoid abstract ideas
Appeal to the emotions
Constantly repeat a few ideas using stereotyped phrases
Put forth only one side of the argument
Constantly criticize enemies of the state
Identify one special enemy for special vilification
Language manipulation
Dishonest labelling
Use of positioning
Deception repetition
Mindless chants
Deception
Outright lies
Statements taken out of context
Numbers taken out of context
Hysteria about what could be
Use individual stories to attack policy initiatives
Unnamed sources
Empty promises
Duck and dodge
Hypocritical
Behavior doesn’t match principles
Inconsistent
Rules for thee but not for m
Accuse Republicans of what they do
Distort or ignore reality
Distort current events to fit narratives
Hide reality
Avoid cognitive dissonance
Rewrite history
The 1619 Project
Destroy our heritage

RUTHLESS
Believe they’re superior
Better than you
Hold Republicans in contempt
Hold their own voters in contempt
Your only hope for salvation
Demonize their opponents
Used to disagree, discuss, and compromise
Disagreement became disparagement
Disparagement became vilification
Vilification becomes demonization
Democrats need demons
Silence dissenting views
Demonization becomes cancellation
Disruptive behavior in Congress
Physical intimidation
Weaponize government
Prosecute opponents
Prosecute opponents’ supporters
Suppress free speech
Use judges to block initiatives
Promote victimhood
Create victims
Perpetuate victimhood

UNACCOUNTABLE
Never admit when they’re wron
Deflect their failures
Ignore evidence of failure
Never apologize
Don’t hold media accountable
Ignore personal accountability
No one is responsible
Not willing to punish bad behavior
Abandoning the norms of civil society

STRATEGIC
Educators
Academia
K through 12 teachers
Public school teachers’ unions
Public school administrators
Children
Entertainment and media
Entertainment
News media
Social media
Science and public health
Science
Public health
A dangerous precedent
Immigration

THREE REQUESTS
1. Be bold and outspoken
2. Analyze and evaluate
3. Spread the word

APPENDIX
A brief overview of macroeconomics

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DANGEROUS TIMES

The changing Democratic party
The leadership of the Democratic Party has changed. It once included rational people who worked alongside Republicans to try to improve people’s lives. Despite having different views on specific topics, they were tails to the Republicans’ heads on an all-American coin. They were the yin to the Republicans’ yang, both a necessary and complementary part of the whole.

Most Democratic voters want the same thing as Republicans, a world at peace and a country that is safe, prosperous, and fair. But today’s Democratic party is not the party of Bill Clinton, or even Barack Obama.

In their zeal to gain and retain power, Democratic leaders embraced an array of small special interest groups. They then allowed these groups to disproportionately influence their party’s platform and, ultimately, intimidate the more rational majority. The result has been a series of policies that, collectively, threaten to physically, financially, and spiritually destroy our country.

Democrats are dangerous
Today’s Democratic leaders are not just frustrating or annoying, they are dangerous. Look at the results of their policies: unsustainable national debt, soaring inflation, high gas prices, out of control illegal immigration that is bankrupting our cities, a homeless epidemic, tens of thousands dead from fentanyl, a failing education system, careers destroyed by the cancel culture, families split by political differences, people afraid to say what they believe, and a world ready to explode.

Sadly, many Democratic voters don’t understand how dangerous their leadership has become. Because they exclusively get news from left-leaning sources – The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NPR, MSNBC, social media, etc. – and interact only with liberal friends and coworkers, they live in a self-affirming information bubble that regularly distorts reality to enforce a narrative that Democrats are good and Republicans are evil.

It's also clear that the Democratic party no longer has any kind of positive vision for how to improve the country. Their entire existence is now focused on bashing whatever the Republicans do or say. Their only ideas are to give more things away for free or spend more on their failed initiatives.

It’s important to understand that their unchecked spending must ultimately be paid by you, the American taxpayer. The government can only pay for it if you pay the government. And businesses can only pay for it if they pass on their higher taxes to you.

Exposing the truth
It’s time to shine a light on this danger and help people understand the tactics, techniques, and strategies of today’s Democratic party. This book is meant to be your flashlight, a checklist to help analyze what Democratic leaders and their liberal media supporters are saying, writing, and doing.

Are they being Ignorant? Showing that they don’t understand basic economics or the country’s founding constitutional principles?

Are they being Unrealistic? Making fanciful proposals based on hopes and wishes?

Are they being Deceitful? Outright lying or twisting their opponents’ words?

Are they being Ruthless? Trying to intimidate, silence, or destroy?

Are they being Unaccountable? Ignoring the harmful effects of their disastrous policies?

Are they advancing their Strategic plans to permanently gain power and influence our children?

Republicans aren’t blameless
There is no doubt that Republican leaders are also guilty of many of the transgressions listed in this book. They have distorted Democratic positions, failed to count the costs of foreign wars, and contributed to our massive national debt.

The difference, however, is that today’s Democratic leaders have taken politics to a whole new level of intensity and viciousness while trying to maintain a facade of civility and legitimacy.

The ultimate goal
The goal here is not to destroy the Democratic Party but to reform it, to return to that yin/yang balance that worked so well for so many years. It’s time for Democratic voters to take a fresh new look at their leaders. To learn where they are Ignorant. To see where they are Unrealistic or Deceitful. To realize where they are Ruthless. To identify where they are Unaccountable. And to understand their Strategic initiatives.

Well-intentioned Americans on both sides of the aisle need to move away from polarized verbal bomb throwing and back to a place where the two parties can work together for the benefit of the country.

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