Reply #54: We failed in not realizing the power of non-government power centers

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such as the media and churches. Liberals have, recently, spent far too much time on trying to uncorrupt the government while ignoring the corruption and conglomeration in the media, while ignoring the power of religion and church, while picking a fight with the NRA.

All this while the small buisnesses get swallowed up by big corporations who have now bought out the media who are now on a rampage against Democrats and everything that Democrats stand for. And they are on a rampage twisting everything that Jesus Christ stood for into a religion of greed, hate and intolerance espoused by the fundamentalists in this country who have not been opposed strongly enough by regular Christians (and similarly for regular Muslims and regular Jews and their own fundamentalist counterparts).

When Dems had control of Congress in 1992, what did they do about the fairness doctrine? Nothing. Even though there were right-wing liars all over the TV and the radio, propagandizing against Dems, the Democratic base did NOTHING to oppose them. Even though there are fundamentalist fanatics all over the country, the Democratic base refused to set up corporations or back churches which oppose them, except by passing laws that made them angrier. Even though the NRA has ALOT of power in America, Democrats chose to pick a fight with them, saying it was courageous. It was stupid.