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In reply to the discussion: Thomas Franks, the Clintons and "phony" Democratic populists in the New Gilded Age [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)Clinton was an apostle for Alan (Ayn Rand) Greenspan, and led us on the delusion that Monopolies and the cementing of an Oliarchy is good for us all.
People didn't vote for that. They voted for the illusion that Clinton was a populist and wold fight for them "until the last dog dies." Well the last dog died very quickly once he was elected. He got lucky because there as a bubble that created an illusion of never ening prosperity, even though the termites were munching away at the foundations.
Alas Obama, and now Hillary, are carrying on the same illusions and phony populism.
What Clinton did to broadcasting, for example, is pretty much the same as what Obama is doing to the Internet now.
Obama is doing almost nothing to combat the continued process of Monopoly Building that went on in the 90's and is still proceeding.
Obama is still pursuing neo-liberal (i.e. free-market conservative) "free trade" policies that are likely to dwarf NAFTA, despite the damage they have caused.
And it looks like we might well be in store for more of the same if Hillary becomes the next nominee.