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In reply to the discussion: The words "Democrat" and "Republican" are pretty much meaningless [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)Please point to where I said "there is no difference".
There are differences, but no matter which party is elected, the country keeps moving to the right overall. Sure we got healthcare reform, but only by dealing in the corporations (actually letting them deal themselves in). And while we have made strides on marriage equality and LGBT rights, we have seen massive erosion in women's reproductive rights. It was great that we elected a Black president, but then the racists came out of the shadows and acts of overt bigotry once considered "political career enders" are now tolerated as normal. Jesse Helms was once the fringe, now he would be the mainstream sliding toward liberalism in the twisted ideology of the Right and even the corporate media.
Democracy in this country is essentially dead and we live in a de facto police state, but stating that obvious truth is one of the few things that will get you tagged an "extremist" these days.