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Cary

(11,746 posts)
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 10:44 AM Feb 2018

Reality 101

I am not saying it's good. I am not saying it's right. Nor am I advocating doing nothing to improve it. I merely say it's a fact of life:

Money is power.

Money has always been power and money will always be power.

The only real remedy is 100% publicly funded elections but even that is limited, and probably beyond reach.

I understand the "Revolution." It will never happen. Sorry. The forces on the right will not relent. The Kochs, worth $50 billion each, just got a $1.5 billion a year windfall. That a tidy profit on their investment. Besides tbey have money to burn, and burn us they will.

For those who want to divide us because we must do what we must do to compete, you're fighting for.the wring side. Elections are won and lost in the margins.

VOTE DEMOCRATIC, like your life depends on it. Because you know what?

It does.

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Reality 101 (Original Post) Cary Feb 2018 OP
One million times this genxlib Feb 2018 #1
Correct, and... Orrex Feb 2018 #2

genxlib

(5,544 posts)
1. One million times this
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 10:50 AM
Feb 2018

Trying to play by different rules than your opponent will only make you a noble loser.

Orrex

(63,232 posts)
2. Correct, and...
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 10:51 AM
Feb 2018

Anyone who asks "how much more money do they need?" simply doesn't understand the real question.

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