The choice boils down to anti-American socialism under the appropriated Democrat brand or conservative, can-do American exceptionalism. Pick a name out of a hat, any of the diverse bench of Republicans will be a vast improvement
If elected leaders were fundamentally altruistic--unselfishly devoted to the empowerment of their fellow man--the theory of collectivism might have promise. The widespread sentiment would have to be consistently along the philosophical lines of JFK's "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." But it's not. The present generation of "Democrats" promote the polar opposite perspective. It is the use of often faceless, bureaucratic government to promote cradle-to-grave economic dependence with themselves, naturally, the elected head of the food chain. That's the maddeningly indifferent DMV experience of running healthcare via ObamaCare, except for everything. In other words, this is tyranny of big government a la George Orwell's dystopian '1984'. Make no mistake, Big Brother's name in 2016 is Bernie "90% tax rate" Sanders. And not to leave madame out of the equation, Big Sister is scandal-prone, chronic liar Hillary Clinton.
