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myohmy2

(3,137 posts)
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 07:56 PM Oct 2022

"...it's democracy, stupid..."

...without democracy inflation, abortion, student debt, immigration, taxes and many other issues you may think of will be off the agenda and out of your hands...

...without democracy your future, your family's future, our future will be uncertain, fragile and solely at the mercy of the state...

...without democracy your right to associate, assemble, to travel, to start a business, defend a political idea or challenge authority will be severely restricted and controlled...

...you can not lead a free life or be free without democracy...you can not lead a free life or be free in an authoritarian state...

...if you want to continue to be free and live your free life then you MUST vote the Democratic Party...

...if you want to live a state-run life under new authoritarian rulers and rules then vote the Republican Party...

...there is no more UNDEMOCRATIC major political party in America today than the Republican Party...

...it's that clear, it's that simple...

...

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"...it's democracy, stupid..." (Original Post) myohmy2 Oct 2022 OP
What they want to destroy is their own freedom. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #1
+1 2naSalit Oct 2022 #2
Yes, come with me if you want to live... onecaliberal Oct 2022 #3
AGREE !! MacKasey Oct 2022 #4
Inflation right now has 2 elements: price-gouging and ripple effects from covid shutdowns. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #5
I feel that the GOP EndlessWire Oct 2022 #6

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,236 posts)
5. Inflation right now has 2 elements: price-gouging and ripple effects from covid shutdowns.
Mon Oct 24, 2022, 12:46 AM
Oct 2022

Katie Porter and her charts show that about half of current inflation is caused by record profits -- corporate greed. The rest of it comes from reduced supply due to all those closings during the worst of covid and the long period of restarting supply lines.

The Fed ignores that and uses the wrong, blunt tool, interest rates, in a crude attempt to curb inflation. M$M goes along with breathless, desperate reports that do not explain a thing.

EndlessWire

(6,450 posts)
6. I feel that the GOP
Mon Oct 24, 2022, 07:16 AM
Oct 2022

is a fascist organization and this whole thing is not about the economy, etc., but it's about Democracy v. Fascism. It's American GIs against Nazis. It is framed in this Hitlerish struggle for authoritarian power. The Republicans have turned Trumpian and really would be happy to see all of us under the yoke of some dictator.

Why, I don't know. People no longer think for themselves, and seem to need "daddies" to tell them what to do. Boy, when it's gone, it'll really be gone. And, they think, they don't need us, and they'll get that new car because of their vote, the house because they are conservative, or signed up Repub. Boy, will they be wrong.

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