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56. I agree with some of your post.

I think it's very possible that the Tea Party was manufactured to provide the excuse to drag the Republican Party to the right (without the Tea Party actually being the reason why it was done).

However, I do not believe the MSM is stupid. They purposefully created the framework which currently exists where very little thought or effort is given to uncovering truth. They allow for politicians to say whatever they want to with little to no oversight, and it successfully keeps the population divided and uninformed. Yes, the oligarchic agenda clearly owns our MSM in my opinion which makes them complicit and not stupid.

With that said, during the Great Depression the left was very, very strong and to the left of the Democratic Party. I do believe they were the catalyst behind the great progressive legislation that the Democrats ended up passing. I believe they had to do it because the movement that had been created was simply building to a level that could not be ignored. From that perspective, a movement building that is to the left of our very corporate Democratic Party is essential.