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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat concepts captured by single words make US politics most dysfunctional?
I'll start with THEY.
They oppress us.
They oppose us.
They are moonbats.
They dont understand.
They arent reasonable.
They are obstructionists.
They are greedy.
They cheat.
They are corrupted
They don't pay heed to us.
They want to enslave us.
Very simply, there is no end to the list of faults "THEY" have.
Based on its ubiquity, it seems that "THEY" is somehow central of our dysfunction.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Think of the giant pile of policies which regularly get dismissed out of hand at least in part because "that's something other countries do."
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)... if we did, we'd fund the Patent Office.
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/06/08/house-republicans-oppose-adequately-funded-patent-office/id=17622/
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)I can drive faster than the speed limit.
I'm smart and the prohibition on marijauna use is stupid?
Or with the risk of starting a fire here...
I'm toughing out my depression without a Dr, so it's ok for me to buy a pistol?
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)benld74
(9,901 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Or did I read that wrongly?
And if it is that problem Is that inseparable from the problem:
THEY have entitlements?
benld74
(9,901 posts)Initech
(100,029 posts)They have those two terms mixed up.
We are the real makers in our society.
The corporations CEOs are the real takers.
They TAKE our pension.
They TAKE our schools, prisons, military, and infrastructure and turn them into for profit shit holes with no accountability.
They TAKE the tax refunds.
They TAKE the subsidiaries when they already make billions.
They TAKE our money and store it overseas so they pay no taxes.
Who are the real TAKERS again?
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)datasuspect
(26,591 posts)RainDog
(28,784 posts)Revolving Door
Beltway Bubble
1%-ers
Lies
Lies
Lies
Sexism
Homophobia
Racism
Zorra
(27,670 posts)yeh, i know but i couldn't think of a single word that captured the essential concept properly.