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Uncle Joe

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18. The lead up to our nation's deadliest war took 72 years but we don't have that much time.

Mon Nov 25, 2019, 01:41 PM

Nov 2019

Unless one believes that anthropogenic global warming climate change is just a hoax.

In our nation's two hundred and thirty years of existence, the last thirty years or so is relatively recent and Citizens United which only happened 10 years ago made a bad situation worse.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Let's be honest and acknowledge that we are seeing a rapid movement [View all] Uncle Joe Nov 2019 OP

K n R ! Thanks for posting! JoeOtterbein Nov 2019 #1

This scares me hugely OhNo-Really Nov 2019 #19

That doesn't sound good at all. Link is broken though - weird. The one below works. redqueen Nov 2019 #22

Extreme gerrymandering has allowed Republicans to pick their voters dlk Nov 2019 #2

Corporate power in state legislatures produces a gerrymandered Congress Uncle Joe Nov 2019 #6

Post hoc ergo prompter hoc fallacy. LanternWaste Nov 2019 #16

Correlation may not necessarily be causation, but sometimes it is... dlk Nov 2019 #21

K&R redqueen Nov 2019 #3

If the young people in this country would consistently vote... it would change Thekaspervote Nov 2019 #4

If we give them candidates who say they are whining redqueen Nov 2019 #5

I'll take those candidates over trump awesomerwb1 Nov 2019 #9

I will too. I'd take a potted plant over Trump. redqueen Nov 2019 #14

If they voted en masse, they wouldn't need to be "given" a damn thing. Amimnoch Nov 2019 #25

You don't seem to realize how many see the entire process as rigged redqueen Nov 2019 #27

I love this comment. betsuni Nov 2019 #34

Yeah those yutes. All their fault. Voltaire2 Nov 2019 #8

Yeah, that's what this op is about, young people. LaurenOlimina Nov 2019 #26

What about the older people who have voted for 40-50 years? BlueWI Nov 2019 #30

And sadly it's not an uncommon sentiment. nt redqueen Nov 2019 #40

It is where we were in the late 19th century. Voltaire2 Nov 2019 #7

Yes, but trump is president & any that is how it musted be framed themaguffin Nov 2019 #10

Sick to my stomach James48 Nov 2019 #11

It's nothing new. TwilightZone Nov 2019 #12

"Old news" right? Uncle Joe Nov 2019 #13

My point is that it's not recent. TwilightZone Nov 2019 #17

The lead up to our nation's deadliest war took 72 years but we don't have that much time. Uncle Joe Nov 2019 #18

+1,000 redqueen Nov 2019 #28

You're intentionally missing the point. TwilightZone Nov 2019 #35

Apparently you haven't been paying attention to Bernie's consistent message Uncle Joe Nov 2019 #37

So, nothing. Got it. TwilightZone Nov 2019 #43

Exactly. Blue_true Nov 2019 #24

You're kidding, right? BlueWI Nov 2019 #32

No one is downplaying wealth inequality. TwilightZone Nov 2019 #36

Name the historical stat that compares to what I cited. BlueWI Nov 2019 #46

And if not in 2020 - then almost certainly in 2024 sandensea Nov 2019 #15

It's certainly accelerating and becoming more entrenched. n/t MarcA Nov 2019 #20

The country was founded by rich men. Blue_true Nov 2019 #23

It depends on whether one counts Thomas Paine or the men and women that fought and/or died Uncle Joe Nov 2019 #29

Thomas Paine was a wealthy craftsman. Blue_true Nov 2019 #31

Thomas Paine barely avoided debtors' prison, he was more middle class than wealthy. Uncle Joe Nov 2019 #33

Payne was a tailor and writer (an editor). Blue_true Nov 2019 #38

I didn't say he was poor, but middle class. Uncle Joe Nov 2019 #39

See you tomorrow Uncle Joe, I am turning in early tonight. nt Blue_true Nov 2019 #42

I agree with your point on the political system. Blue_true Nov 2019 #41

I will leave you with this and then I'm turning in as well. Uncle Joe Nov 2019 #44

it's called capitalism... myohmy2 Nov 2019 #45