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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think we need to market a new slogan
#MADA
Make America Democratic Again
The elections, the millionaires and billionaires running things, Citizens United being overturned, etc.
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I think we need to market a new slogan (Original Post)
titaniumsalute
May 2017
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brooklynite
(94,312 posts)1. The average voter doesn't feel that America isn't "Democratic"...
They don't think the Government responds to their needs and concerns, but they're not worried about voter purges, machine hacking and campaign finance.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)2. Well they should be...or we don't live in a Democracy any longer.
brooklynite
(94,312 posts)3. "everyone should think the way I think" is a bad political philosophy
It accomplishes nothing and convinces nobody.
Accept reality and work from there.
kentuck
(111,051 posts)4. America - Not Russia
As Lakoff might suggest, it should be value-oriented.