It would be great if Rand made the list. I doubt many high schoolers have even heard of her.

Thanks. I keep coming back to that. I've recently been working along the lines of "Why do we keep missing these outsized bad guys?" with the answer being that we keep looking for bad guys, when we need to be looking for "good guys."

It is always the ones who think and claim to be "doing good." And they slip by because we're on the lookout for the mustache twirling evil/greedy bad guy who just wants to watch the world burn.

I am coming to the conclusion more often that the ones to watch out for are the ones who claim to want to to good - and need government power (whether through lineage, conquest, populism, or divine laws) to do it. That specific combination is in every one of the historical cases.

good point

The trouble is they think they are the will of the people. It is in their ideology.

It's not like they're humans or somethin...

I truly hope so, but im still skeptical.

More times than not they think they are our masters and not public servants who are supposed to represent the will of the people.

sometimes we forget that we are dealing with "politicians".

In AZ, the Great Awakening has occurred...

I think we are looking for a savior when we sometimes forget that we are dealing with humans. While the right values ideology, the left has no values and settles for a puppet. And the sheep don’t care just as long as they are fed and watered and sheltered.

Agreed. This is why I'm so skeptical about DeSantis and the support he's getting from people. There is a void in this country related to actual representation and it's real easy to accept anyone giving lip service by ignoring how much they are degrading what the American people are hoping they defend and preserve.

Another concerning aspect, Trump supports this guy, even with the last two laws he signed.

Finally, a sensible and correct approach to fighting the problem. Now all other States, start teaching the perils of communism, now.