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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey are a lost cause...
A lost generation of numpties...
I would say I feel sorry for them...but...nah
polichick
(37,152 posts)that serves the wealthy and corporations, and any real attempt to do something threatening to that status quo is shot down - in this party its done by fearful warnings about centrists being more electable and by party rules.
certainot
(9,090 posts)we let 1500 corporate-coordinated (now putin) radio stations blast the country for 30 years with "money is free speech" "corporations are people" "deregulation lowers prices and creates jobs" "minimum wage kills jobs" "single payer is communism" and so on
and every time democrats have tried to regulate money, like most other reforms, team liimbaagh gets the talking points to scream socialism again.
and right now those raadio stations are not only trying to make sure no GOP senator would dare vote to convict trump, they're calling warren and sanders "communists!" or "socialists!" all day, and we're letting them move the entire dem primary 15 pts right again, just like they do to the GOP primaries
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)These people were programmed by corporate media, we all are to some extent. Huge corporate advertisers decide which stories are stories that get aired or not. They have the power of the purse over the networks, newspapers, and radio.
Corrupt campaign finance system, aided by SCOTUS, Lobbyists, and the revolving door determine what laws are passed and which are repealed.
These Trumpsters and Republicans give these people bogeymen such as immigrants and minorities to blame for their hardships instead of the wealthy and huge corporations.
If we are ever to break out of this we will need to address these root causes of most of our problems.
and throw in the racism, bigotry and misogyny as the shining objects.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)'keep america great'. Rump's nazi message framers got the message that he couldn't win support from his bamboozled followers by telling them they 'got all they're gonna get from him, everything's fixed'.
tobefree
(33 posts)It's easier to fool people than convince them that they have been fooled - MarkTwain
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Welcome to DU, tobefree!
tobefree
(33 posts)And as for me, well, thank you for the welcome. I dont post much cuz one finger phone typing just causes me to lose my thought before I have it down in text. Oh well. I been here daily since 2004.
:^)
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)erronis
(15,294 posts)They've bought an Edsel so now they have to stick with it.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)because they desperately WANT to believe it's real. When your hero is "Stone Cold" Steve Austin you need to believe he's a real athlete. When your hero is Donald J. Trump... you get the idea I'm sure.