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B.See

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19. I wrote something similar a while back
Sun Apr 7, 2024, 01:59 AM
Apr 2024

(elsewhere,) in which I asked why liberals weren't as fanatical in suporting liberal causes as Trump's MAGAS are in supporting him and theirs.

Case in point, the issues and concerns mentioned in the op with regard to scarce reliable careers, the burden of debt required by college, the cost and reliability of health coverage, and the affordability of housing,

almost all of which, incidentally, has been exacerbated by Republican obstruction of Democratic efforts to address said concerns, Republican sabotage of consumer protections, and a corporate America gaining record profits while gouging the American consumer to benefit Trump.

To say nothing of the fact that reliable careers were scarce, and the cost of college, health coverage, and housing were high under a Republican administration as well, an administration that hadn't done squat to address any of it,

though one would be hard pressed to find any right winged sources inclined to lay all of that at the feet of Trump and the GOP.

And that's the difference. MAGAS have the ability to look past the weaknesses (if not abject FAILURES) of their party. Instead, they embrace the party that has failed them time and time again, fanatically even, to achieve a greater (and in their case, a more ominously malignant) end. Their slogan now, "Trump or die."

I think liberals can do with some of that.

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Liberals Need to Be Radicals [View all] Autumn Apr 2024 OP
K & R Celerity Apr 2024 #1
K&R Doc Sportello Apr 2024 #2
That's the GrOPper's #1 fear. Hugin Apr 2024 #3
Your point is so excellent! arthritisR_US Apr 2024 #21
Stoke the woke DoBW Apr 2024 #4
Clinton, Obama and Biden are "complicit"..... brooklynite Apr 2024 #5
Yeah, it's been working so well. Except for the part where Autumn Apr 2024 #9
Joe Biden: "I'm a Capitalist" brooklynite Apr 2024 #13
And all capitalists are the same. progressoid Apr 2024 #16
Not really. Many capitalists believe in a regulated market. haele Apr 2024 #22
Agreed. progressoid Apr 2024 #23
Did he say that before or after he and Bernie got Big Pharma to lower the costs on several drugs? Autumn Apr 2024 #17
"COMPLICIT! Why Democrats allowed the world to change after the American post-war boom period." betsuni Apr 2024 #24
It needs to be repeated Sympthsical Apr 2024 #6
+1 And lets stop gloating about the stock market. progressoid Apr 2024 #15
we clutch our pearls like the best of them dembotoz Apr 2024 #7
Not a chance, especially if we lived in a MAGAt infested area, that we would advert ourselves as Dems via signage. Celerity Apr 2024 #14
i remember as a county chair a member came up to me and told me dembotoz Apr 2024 #18
Social Security - I will say it - Raise the Cap TBF Apr 2024 #8
The saddest part is that we have to think, discuss and be concerned about the future of SS and Medicare. Hope22 Apr 2024 #12
I know. Those "nice", "get along" patterns need to go. ananda Apr 2024 #10
I agree. sop Apr 2024 #11
I wrote something similar a while back B.See Apr 2024 #19
At the moment, I'll be immensely relieved as long as Biden gets a second term, no matter what he does with it Silent3 Apr 2024 #20
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