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12. It looks alot more like 1932 because
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 08:13 AM
Dec 2013

of the huge income inequality.

I do have faith that the current folks under 30 will do much better than the last couple generations that were led astray by folks like Reagan.

The only caution I have is that while this generation has Occupy, back in the 30s there were socialist/communist parties with candidates like Eugene Debs. They actually put fear into the ruling class of this country and FDR pretty much had to act to save capitalism.

Most of those serious leftists were driven out in the 50s and the current communist party is co-opted.

I don't know that we'll see the same kind of backlash due to that fact.

I'd love to be proven wrong.

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