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PufPuf23

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9. Goes back to Nixon and Reagan at least.

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #8)

Tue May 5, 2020, 08:18 PM

May 2020

The deification of Reagan was the tipping point in our national descent.

The narrative from a prepared POTUS Obama to the POS Trump who proceeded to defund and discontinue and pack with the remnants of the institutions with the uncommitted and unqualified.

There is a huge lesson to be learned that the media mostly ignores.

Trump and predecessors wanting to drown government in a bathtubs truly put the USA at existential risk by the ideology. Now Trump et al aggressively foment social unrest and take no responsibility for their policies and actions.

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1990s? ... Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #8

Goes back to Nixon and Reagan at least. PufPuf23 May 2020 #9

Yes! It'd been ongoing for decades, but the idea in what I read Hortensis May 2020 #10

Thank you for posting! smirkymonkey May 2020 #7