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gab13by13

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1. Good post Kentuck,

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 24, 2021, 07:42 AM

Oct 2021

The super rich own the MSM. The super rich own politicians. We have working class people voting against their own best interests because they have been brainwashed. When we get Democrats who want to fight for the working class, because the propaganda is so intense we even have Democrats who vote against their own best interests.

Bill Clinton ran as a progressive and governed as a conservative and to some extent Barack Obama did the same although he used up his capital getting Obamacare passed.

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How the political world evolved to this point? [View all] kentuck Oct 2021 OP

Good post Kentuck, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #1

They have finally reached the point where they can control the world. kentuck Oct 2021 #3

Blackrock, alone, has an estimated value of $9.5 trillion - greater than the GDP of most countries dlk Oct 2021 #11

You are correct if..fish..had..wings Oct 2021 #2

Absolutely, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #4

Our small town gab13by13 Oct 2021 #5

This is why "Pay Your Fair Share" is a bust in my opinion Shermann Oct 2021 #6

Good point. kentuck Oct 2021 #7

Good point Ohioboy Oct 2021 #8

Fully Fund. Great slogan that only those fearful of "replacement" would fight against. ancianita Oct 2021 #14

The working class has become "emboldened," too. Not just the wealthy. Covid might have "thinned ancianita Oct 2021 #9

Kentuck....Absolutely..... Upthevibe Oct 2021 #10

Look how GQPers gab13by13 Oct 2021 #15

Goldwater Republicans became Fundamentalist Christians and drove guilt and morality bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #12

Lets go back to Ike's progressive tax rates KS Toronado Oct 2021 #13

The Alec Baldwin tragedy gab13by13 Oct 2021 #16

Not to disagree with the OP...(opinion) Septua Oct 2021 #17

Think of Donald Trump as just another oligarch... kentuck Oct 2021 #18

The fact that he got 11 million more votes in 2020 than in 2016 CrispyQ Oct 2021 #19

Higher taxes on the rich are widely popular Martin Eden Oct 2021 #20

Spot on, Kentuck. Firestorm49 Oct 2021 #21

Like the shadows lead the sun, corruption follows the massive transfer of wealth. kentuck Oct 2021 #23

Publicly funded elections would go a long way to fixing this country. CrispyQ Oct 2021 #22

I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure the Republicans of Hoover's time were generally the wealthy... TreasonousBastard Oct 2021 #24

The Plutocracy control almost everything now. GoodRaisin Oct 2021 #25

Reagan and Thatcher and their neoliberal policies are responsible for the wealth inequality Poiuyt Oct 2021 #26

It was before that - Chile 1976 malaise Oct 2021 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Oct 2021 #28