I Thought we were doomed under W. But I never felt this way then. (Reply #70)

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Sun Mar 11, 2018, 02:17 PM

70. I Thought we were doomed under W. But I never felt this way then.

I must admit I wonder what sort of upheaval or revolution it will take to put the country back on a good course.

We have decimated the unions and worker protections. Now, 45 is appointing a slew of reich-wing, white guys to the bench. The list of these people 45 has been given has been carefully selected. They are young, and very right-wing. Not conservative - right-wing ideologues. The last bastion of fairness in this country used to be the courts. Now, I fear, they are no longer going to be there for the average person.

There is no quick fix for the courts. With the President we get a do-over every four years. Now, I really am wondering how we can fix the problem short of a revolution by the people. If that sounds communist or socialist then so be it. I will accept those of the fascism we're currently entrenching into our society.

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72 replies	Author	Time	Post
I have said this before and it upsets some people because it is scary. [View all]	shockey80	Mar 2018	OP
Sounds like Bannon's plan	lame54	Mar 2018	#1
Or	cilla4progress	Mar 2018	#2
Oh man that turns my stomach	TEB	Mar 2018	#3
Its the power of propaganda.	poboy2	Mar 2018	#4
Yes. Billionaire funded propaganda	sharedvalues	Mar 2018	#9
And let's not forget they use Christianity as a tool in this effort, as well.	Texin	Mar 2018	#19
Yes. Interpellation (as per Althusser) at its finest	pandr32	Mar 2018	#60
From Bernays "Propaganda", 1928:	Ligyron	Mar 2018	#45
Im glad I'm old	Cartoonist	Mar 2018	#5
Ill bring the ice tea	TEB	Mar 2018	#6
Me too...	wcmagumba	Mar 2018	#8
I May Be Old	True Blue American	Mar 2018	#58
I'm not that old, but when I hear people talking about prepping for nuclear war or similar disasters	Neema	Mar 2018	#13
I concur. It'd be like walking death. Zombie planet until the species dies off altogether.	Texin	Mar 2018	#21
Me too.	TexasBushwhacker	Mar 2018	#64
I'll be doing the same thing you are doing.....	onecent	Mar 2018	#15
Not me...	defacto7	Mar 2018	#65
I agree 1000%. I can't see it improving short of	doc03	Mar 2018	#7
2018 is going to be a blue wave. Resist! Vote!	sharedvalues	Mar 2018	#10
Sounds like the "scorched earth" theory that the far left "advocate" or "advocated in the past".	Lil Missy	Mar 2018	#11
I can't disagree with this at all.	tymorial	Mar 2018	#12
It also seems to me that fear is at the root of manipulation and control.	Lint Head	Mar 2018	#14
I felt the same way during the Bush years but then we got Obama.	meadowlander	Mar 2018	#16
I agree, and more people have to vote. Every generation has a cross-section of people	vkkv	Mar 2018	#31
Agree that the environment is key.	Collimator	Mar 2018	#40
good luck	InformedElitist	Mar 2018	#41
I hope this is the death knell of Republicanism; I fear it's the death knell of this nation.	hedda_foil	Mar 2018	#62
It goes back to Reagan and the destruction of the fairness doctrine	dhol82	Mar 2018	#17
We are far beyond Fox News now...	Fiendish Thingy	Mar 2018	#25
That is correct - the money	dhol82	Mar 2018	#49
imo we wasted the last big crisis	shanny	Mar 2018	#18
We didnt elect Donald Dumbass to jackShit...	czarjak	Mar 2018	#20
Thank you! Sheesh. What a downer OP.	SammyWinstonJack	Mar 2018	#26
I cant say I dont agree with you sometimes...	MontanaMama	Mar 2018	#22
Dark and gloomy post that I for one do not ascribe to.	infullview	Mar 2018	#23
Im with you! Life has always had a dark side. We need to cut through the propaganda.	bettyellen	Mar 2018	#34
The problem with that is it won't be the deplorables and white college revolutionaries that hurt	KitSileya	Mar 2018	#24
Maybe.. but there are SO MANY FORCES at work. Certain forces got Trump elected, other forces	vkkv	Mar 2018	#27
WAR and DEPRESSION is pure poetry to Republican's ears!	BamaRefugee	Mar 2018	#28
Second Civil War has been brewing since Reagan in Philadelphia, Mississippi...	Moostache	Mar 2018	#29
It upsets me not because its scary but because its passive.	nolabear	Mar 2018	#30
Actually, Trump's election and subsequent events have been sufficient. We don't need a war or a	Nitram	Mar 2018	#32
I agree with your assessment but I seriously doubt that it will change. It hasn't in my lifetime and	walkingman	Mar 2018	#33
A revolution?	Maxheader	Mar 2018	#35
The real problem	DV1	Mar 2018	#36
It's the ignorance. It's not the naturally occurring kind...	dchill	Mar 2018	#37
remember that we are not descended from fearful men	bronxiteforever	Mar 2018	#38
The Susan Sarandon Theory	TomCADem	Mar 2018	#39
That's just nuts. Spacibo. nt	JustABozoOnThisBus	Mar 2018	#42
You need to read more about the Great Depression and WWII	Yavin4	Mar 2018	#43
Don't worry, we have television and the rest of the corporate media to keep us sleepy.	jalan48	Mar 2018	#44
it's depressing	InformedElitist	Mar 2018	#46
I've had the same dreaded feeling for years EOM	drmeow	Mar 2018	#47
I agree, but I'm an optimist	Poiuyt	Mar 2018	#48
We're already in a great depression and nobody seems to care.	Initech	Mar 2018	#50
I know it looks bad. Christ Christie had an 80% approval before Bridgegate, he left office with 18%	njhoneybadger	Mar 2018	#51
Just when I think it's as bad	Progressive dog	Mar 2018	#52
You ain't seen nothing yet	Boomer	Mar 2018	#53
I don't think Americans in general are nearly as bad as you paint us.	lark	Mar 2018	#54
"I grew up in the 60s and 70s, that was a crazy era. But it made sense."	Tarc	Mar 2018	#55
I grew up in the 50's and 60's and you're right	mountain grammy	Mar 2018	#63
From what I can find with research, a great depression helps those with	Ferrets are Cool	Mar 2018	#56
it's deeper than that	Locrian	Mar 2018	#57
K&R. Truth!	KY_EnviroGuy	Mar 2018	#71
most of the history of war in america...	tomp	Mar 2018	#59
Democracy has failed us because Big Money wanted it to fail	bucolic_frolic	Mar 2018	#61
You may just be right.	defacto7	Mar 2018	#66
"We elected the biggest asshole in the country to be our president."	area51	Mar 2018	#67
SMDH	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 2018	#68
It's probably by design, but Americans have a very short memory	ecstatic	Mar 2018	#69
I Thought we were doomed under W. But I never felt this way then.	bitterross	Mar 2018	#70
Wow, what a depressing thread. So many defeatist duers. Smh.	Tipperary	Mar 2018	#72

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