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In reply to the discussion: Party Loyalty [View all]TheKentuckian
(24,949 posts)Not being angry surely didn't slow the roll of the marginalization instead seemed to encourage villains to act with unchecked impunity this discontent is the fruits of the marginalization not it's seed.
Going along to get along just gets you taken for a ride you don't want to go on, it does NOTHING to increase influence. Influence goes to those who are not automatic, those votes are sought.
No one negotiates to do other than what they already wished to with someone they had at hello.
People love preaching that somehow it is otherwise but are unable to provide any such examples and if they exist then I'd say they are exceedingly rare occasions, likely statistically zero no matter what area of life.
Waiting on and cajoling Massa into doling out the pot liquor isn't working never has and never will, it is religious like thinking akin to the meek shall inherit the Earth or if you suffer in life you will be rewarded in heaven and maybe it is true but only after the belligerent assholes have left it a hollowed out husk and if your idea of heaven is Hooverville.