Reply #16: sadly not true

[dreamnightwind]

The influence of the beltway, which is really just a conduit for corporate interest, is huge. It's thrown at the masses 24/7 until most of them accept the beltway narrative as fact.

We've all seen this again and again. A small percentage of people, over-represented here on DU (thankfully), are either disconnected from the noise machine or have the required analytical skills to see through the "conventional wisdom". Not enough of us though, the beltway narrative usually prevails, at least in this country.

It would be great if we could counter this particular myth, that says the House's too-far-left policies caused them to lose control to the Republicans. That's a heavy lift but well worth the effort, otherwise the wrong lessons are once again learned and we continue our pathetic spiral into oligarchy.