2016 Postmortem

realmirage

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8. The fight for the middle class against

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 01:40 PM

Dec 2016

the powerful corporations that have bought our government and are strangling the 99%. It's called oligarchy, and it's real, and it's a good part of why the rust belt voted for a horrible candidate who promised to stand up against those powerful forces. Look at Trump's final campaign ad in the swing states. That should have been OUR message, and it used to be. We fight for social justice but we forgot the rural middle class. Bernie did not. If we want to win again we better start waking up. And if you're going to suggest we can't win back rural Obama voters without abandoning social justice, don't. Obama did both and we need to do it again

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Put aside your frustration and anger, watch this, and if it doesn't wake you up, nothing will [View all] realmirage Dec 2016 OP

Would've made a fine president...... TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #1

When he was talking about the corporate oligarchy realmirage Dec 2016 #2

A corporation (Trump) is about to be President CousinIT Dec 2016 #3

And so would Hillary. And both would have been opposed by Russia, pnwmom Dec 2016 #4

Wake me up to what exactly? La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #5

26 minutes hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #6

I watched it, I'm still confused about anything new La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #7

The fight for the middle class against realmirage Dec 2016 #8