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polichick

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36. Agreed. I look back at all the years I've worked for this party...

Sat Sep 14, 2013, 11:09 AM

Sep 2013

and wish I hadn't bothered. I hated the DLC thinking from the get-go but went with the lesser of evils, buying the line about a third party letting the greater of evils win.

Now, I think we have one corporate party disguised as two and it might be better to crash and burn with the greater of evils - so that enough people finally get what the fight really is about. If millennials understand that this is about the wealthiest and corporations against the rest of us, then good. But, as some here have said, they're likely to conform and work within the system, then it's same ol' same ol'.

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This place could always become democratic underground... polichick Sep 2013 #24

I would like to know your feeling about the "Lesser Evil" Theory. Seems to me rhett o rick Sep 2013 #35

Agreed. I look back at all the years I've worked for this party... polichick Sep 2013 #36

If we keep justifying that we are getting the most we can, then we will end up rhett o rick Sep 2013 #37

Here's my take (just posted): polichick Sep 2013 #39

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