(07-30-2020, 06:35 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(07-30-2020, 06:18 PM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote: Here's the deal. 40 years of Republican tinkle down economics is all wet. Doing the same thing over and over again is a definition of insanity. Remember when Reagan said , "are you better off now than 4 years ago? I have a newer update. "Are you better off now than you were 40 years ago? I answer in the negative.
What is the definition of "American" ? Anyone that's a citizen is an American to me. Regardless of socioeconomic class, color, creed, etc. It's none of my business if someone is homosexual, trans, different color, liberal , conservative, etc. I have too many other problems to fuss over stuff like that.
I'm thinking like a Democrat because for one thing, the utter lack of a public healthcare system left the US wide open to what's going on right now wrt Corona virus. That is why the US is a banana republic. The US is right up there with Latin America with chaos. When I was a kid, and the US had a public healthcare system, I remember getting in line for shots at school, which were provided by the county health department. This can't happen with coordination at the national level. The economy sucked in the 70's , but the safety net and other public services were working well. Now, everything's shit, shit, nothing works, all is corrupt, because of legal bribery sanctioned by Citizen's United. The before Republican policy and after Republican policy leaves no doubt. I'm done, done with Republicans. They have failed, utterly. I have nothing else to say. Fuck Republicans and the horse they rode in on.
You said "there is a crises".. You got that right. The evil axis of Neoliberalism/Neoconservatism is the author of this mess. Republicans are all in on that axis. The Democrats, especially the younger ones, not so much. Like AOC nailed. "It's all about the Benjamins". That ought to be our national motto, man.
Hit it on the nose; thanks dude.
I'd post Won't Get Fooled Again again, but I just posted it!
Totally agree too. This neoliberal establishment political platform controlled by lobbying has to go for the new more sustainable order to be established. I personally think that the establishment democrats are not much different to the republicans in that they support the current plutocratic system. My hope, like you, lies in the younger democrats like AOC, who support more green policies. If only this country had a voting system that allows a more diverse political spectrum to be represented, these people might belong to a more vibrant Green Party, separate from the establishment of the democrats.
