2016 Postmortem

kpete

(71,996 posts) Mon Nov 23, 2015, 09:27 AM Nov 2015

America has never recovered from Ronald Reagan. That’s why Bernie Sanders is so important.

SUNDAY, NOV 22, 2015 07:30 AM PST
Sanders explained his democratic socialism in a speech last week that should be a wakeup call for America
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.....capitalists never come out and say that they want the government to get out of their way so that they can take advantage of workers or employ children or contaminate the water supply. They fear-monger about the threat of socialism and claim that as long as the government intervenes with their business, we can never have true freedom.

A young propagandist named Ronald Reagan issued such a warning in the early sixties, in opposition to what is seen as the predecessor to Medicare. “Federal programs,” Reagan warned, “will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in this country, until one day… we will wake to find that we have socialism.” Sounds familiar.

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/22/america_has_never_recovered_from_ronald_reagan_thats_why_bernie_sanders_is_so_important/

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America has never recovered from Ronald Reagan. That’s why Bernie Sanders is so important. (Original Post) kpete Nov 2015 OP

Raygun was a very stupid man but a good actor fasttense Nov 2015 #1

fasttense

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1. Raygun was a very stupid man but a good actor

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 09:44 AM

Nov 2015

He was originally a Democratic supporter but then a rich friend of his told him he could make more money being a RepubliCON. So he switched sides. There you have an idea of what kind of man he was. He had no concerns of conscience. It was all about the money, the same reason he did films with monkeys - it was all about the money.

Fast forward to today and you can see the usefulness of stupid men. They don't question you. They do as they are told. And the common idiot thinks the stupid man is their friend. But stupid men can be very dangerous. You think they are too stupid to do any damage. They create more damage than smart men expect depending on who controls them.

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