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In reply to the discussion: Authoritarian State Yet? [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)some gratitude for making it so easy for them, but they won't. The simple minded acceptance of anything put forth with a veneer of authority and repetition is a hallmark of the willingly subservient.
Nobody I know of, and certainly not I, ever said that they weren't enthusiastically supporting the republican party and the organizations they've formed to influence it, now or then. That doesn't change the fact that they were among the lengthy list of major funding sources, that has taken intrepid journalists like Bill Berkowitz years to pries from Al From's DLC, in the late '80s. The goal they sought then was accomplished, thanks in no small part to many people like you, and they moved on to the next step.
You seem to operate under some illusion that these people are stupid, one dimensional characters like the characters on a TV show. Most/many of them are not. The fact that hardly any of the people that matter even watch TV, including those that make TV, should be telling you something.
The goal of a good con is for the mark to be so enthralled that they will deny that they've been conned even as they seek some rationalization for their empty accounts. You don't have to continue to be a mark, it's up to you.