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Hortensis

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17. Jane Mayer and others point at the '60s and '70s, but

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #15)

Sun Aug 4, 2019, 12:43 PM

Aug 2019

I wonder if the power of wealth grown far larger anything before combined with the power of mass communications might have developed ambitions beyond than those of the early decades.

Or maybe not. Control by peasants who could vote must always have been not just a constant problem but constantly offensive.

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A masterly summing up of the El Paso terrorist attack in only four sentences... [View all] Soph0571 Aug 2019 OP

all symptoms of ignoring republican talk radio for 30 years certainot Aug 2019 #1

Putin must be SO proud. Scarsdale Aug 2019 #2

Yes. But DELIBERATE. Fanning terror and hate is a standard fascistic tactic, Hortensis Aug 2019 #3

those RW billionaires, aka, robber barons Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #9

But WHY have they been blocking gun control? Hortensis Aug 2019 #10

money Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #12

"Republican leadership must have been opposing gun control Hortensis Aug 2019 #14

I'd add 3 more decades to your assessment Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #15

Jane Mayer and others point at the '60s and '70s, but Hortensis Aug 2019 #17

Even more to the point: We have a Republican problem. n/t KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #4

White Nationalist promoted by the Putin installed president duforsure Aug 2019 #5

But little mobster Putin had help Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #6

I'll bite. What is the connection with "money in politics"? I get the other two. n/t Odoreida Aug 2019 #7

Policy driven by financial interests is always going to pervert ethics Soph0571 Aug 2019 #8

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It is terrifying that the president is an enemy of the people. OregonBlue Aug 2019 #16