arnold schwarzenegger is on another press junket and every time i see interviews with him i’m reminded how fast politics have degraded. he is conservative, he is a republican, there are probably many things we would disagree on but he’s also … sane and not trying to deceive people? we have the same thing happening in germany if you look at merkel for example. i’m not saying their policies were great or defendable, but the difference is insane.
i recently saw some interviews with george w. bush (who is a racist war criminal, don’t get me wrong) and i remember how he was a laughing stock and famously an idiot. in todays climate he’d be considered civil and a man you could reason with. it only took two decades for right wing politicians to institute a shift towards facism and it’s incredible if you compare it to politicians who i fundamentally disagree with but who believe in institutions and democracy.
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