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31. "Survived" is

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 11:15 AM

Jan 2014

a pretty fluid term, though.

Have we "survived" Bush v Gore? Seems to me that the impact of that election still echoes. NAFTA? The consequences of NAFTA still haunt us - and we're apparently headed toward doubling down on a bad deal with the passage of the TPP. The Patriot Act? Still around, still informing policy and law. Just because they didn't round us up and send us to gulags doesn't mean we "survived" it. Just that we've dodged it.

The bigger issue isn't draconian security laws, though - it is the erosion of the concept of a republic, replaced by an informal oligarchy. Why should giant corporations or paid politicians care about the mutterings of the fringe, beyond the mild annoyance of having to occasionally pretend they are paying attention to the buzzing in their ears?

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How Will YOU Know When The Overthrow Of Our Democracy Is Complete ??? [View all] WillyT Jan 2014 OP

When I am touched by any of the above, personally. GreenEyedLefty Jan 2014 #1

"..the line between the two parties is so thin as to be virtually non-existent." xfundy Jan 2014 #6

When the elections are canceled (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #2

Why cancel them Bonobo Jan 2014 #3

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So the corporate overlords preferred Obama to Romney? Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #9

No, either were acceptable. Bonobo Jan 2014 #11

I don't know, one stolen election, gerrymandering, NuclearDem Jan 2014 #5

THIS... (I Don't Know How To Make An Up Arrow)... WillyT Jan 2014 #8

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A grade B actor becomes President should be clue enough, right? Coyotl Jan 2014 #7

How about a peanut farmer? (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #10

Has to be someone, but the peanut farmer wasn't working for a gang of crooks and robber barons. Coyotl Jan 2014 #12

+1 Go Vols Jan 2014 #17

Didn't hear of Reagan majoring in reactor technology Lars39 Jan 2014 #14

The peanut farmer also studied post-graduate-level reactor technology and nuclear physics ... Shampoobra Jan 2014 #20

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I have to add that the Peanut Farmer Dread Pirate Roberts Jan 2014 #22

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He was more than just a "peanut farmer." factsarenotfair Jan 2014 #27

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I like many of your posts Beearewhyain Jan 2014 #13

"When I am not able to see a post like this." WillyT Jan 2014 #15

That is, in fact, my point Beearewhyain Jan 2014 #16

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Selection 2000 was the final seal for me. K&R Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #19

I'd say we haven't been a democracy since at least the 1950's CFLDem Jan 2014 #25

I agree with others here that it happened a long time ago... polichick Jan 2014 #26

After the government's zombie apocalypse. JoePhilly Jan 2014 #28

When people on a blog site can't complain about the overthrow of our Democracy... brooklynite Jan 2014 #29