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In reply to the discussion: Is this Democratic Underground? [View all]scentopine
(1,950 posts)After Republicans bought Christian, Inc and elected Reagan, dems decided if you can't beat them, join them.
It took them 30 years to methodically purge liberals from leadership positions as they followed like lost puppy dogs behind Republican shock troops, who used right wing media to soften up America for the coming oligarchy endorsed by neo-conservatives and neo-liberals. The same neo-libs and neo-cons are now populating our hope and change dept - the executive office.
When liberals said - "hey- look out you are steering into the shores, the siren song of Reagan is a trick, you can't rely on corporations to solve difficult government policy problems", they told us to shut the fuck up, they stuffed their ranks with lobbyists and CEOs.
Modern centrist (the core of dem party) is a neo-con/neo-lib hybrid - relying on CEOs to formulate public policy and law, while protecting CEOs two ways
1. by destroying constitutional safeguards for the lower class of citizens.
2. engaging in ruthless violence against impoverished countries when CEO investments appear to be threatened.
What's worse is that democrats now openly cheer on torture, search and seizure against citizens, making it impossible to organize any resistance.
If you are a democrat because you think democrats embrace justice and truth with a broader goal of keeping America free and safe by investing in its citizens, you will not be happy.
There is a huge amount of anti-trust provisions in constitutional law. Everyone knows the danger of a monopoly. It concentrates wealth and power into the hands of a few people who do not have the best interests of their country at work.
Democrats and republicans work very hard to preserve their monopoly for the same reason. While demanding performance standards and competition for the 99%, the 1% REFUSE to allow political competition and expect us to blindly endorse their criminal standards of government.
Competition and the free market is for the rest of us. Democratic and Republican leadership is good with the way things are. For them.