# The GOP is the party of Authoritarian Bullies and Gaslighting now

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-is-the-party-of-authoritarian-bullies-and-gaslighting-now/832943>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 23, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-is-the-party-of-authoritarian-bullies-and-gaslighting-now/832943 "2019-04-23T15:48:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-is-the-party-of-authoritarian-bullies-and-gaslighting-now/832943/121 "2019-04-27T02:29:18Z")

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> [@WillFarnaby](#):
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> If more people pursued entrepreneurship, there would be more economic activity and innovation. They would hire more of all the workers you mentioned above, spreading the American dream in all its interpretations.

If more entrepreneurs start creating more companies needing more employees, we’re gonna need a lot more people in the country. Not everyone gets to be CEO at the same time.

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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-is-the-party-of-authoritarian-bullies-and-gaslighting-now/832943/122 "2019-04-27T07:07:48Z")

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**WillFarnaby** ’s contributions to this thread are a caricature of his own already-bizarre thinking. He makes lots of mutually contradictory assumptions he’s not even aware of. I thought of satirizing it all but wouldn’t know where to start.

Give him credit for one thing though: Not once did he mention that his “statists” were violent and gun-toting. Is he calming down with age?

I’ve concluded that **Farnaby** is NOT an AI bot imitating a deranged anarchist. Bots have access to Google …

> [@WillFarnaby](#):
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> What are the net immigration statistics with these countries? May give you a hint towards the reality of the situation.

The U.S. is right smack in the middle of the net migration stats for the named countries. I guess **Farnaby** considers that to be the anti-Goldilocks point: Migrants are not _flooding in_ fast enough to jump-start the U.S. economy(\*), nor are Murricans _fleeing_ fast enough. 😕

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  - Never mind that U.S. economic growth exceeds France, Canada, etc. In **Farnaby** ’s Through-the-Looking-Glass world I’m sure that’s also an illusion caused by violent statism.

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