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In reply to the discussion: I hate what Retrumplicans have done to me [View all]FakeNoose
(41,830 posts)But the failure of the liberals/progressives (as I see it) is that we haven't made sure that our children and grandchildren are equipped to handle the brainwashing. We didn't see to it that the next generation got the education we got, and our kids weren't able to make the critical-path decisions to reject the libertarian/conservative philosophy. Well some have of course, but not enough.
It started with the erosion of public education, and it goes back about 45 or 50 years. Certainly it was happening during the time of Ronald Reagan and now those kids growing up in the 80s have become parents. Contrast this failure with the determination of the conservative rightwing a-holes who will stop at nothing to force their agenda on the entire country. If we liberals had stopped it from happening during Reagan, we wouldn't be where we are today.