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In reply to the discussion: There is no meritocracy: It’s just the 1 percent, and the game is rigged [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)65. It won't matter when he's out of office. But we will keep discussing Dem policy.
What's the point of NOT discussing it?
What's the point of helping a Dem party that is centrist and corporatist?
What's wrong with helping them get elected but the ones that are real Dems, not corporatists? If we want the election of Dems to make a difference, we have to elect different Dems. Not discussing the failings of the current elected Dems will just ensure more of the same.
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There is no meritocracy: It’s just the 1 percent, and the game is rigged [View all]
xchrom
Mar 2014
OP
So now he is pushing for neo-liberal free-trade and neo-conservative interventionism?
reformist2
Mar 2014
#12
You can look at "...unprecedented repug obstructionism...." as a separate issue.
fleabiscuit
Mar 2014
#19
It won't matter when he's out of office. But we will keep discussing Dem policy.
cui bono
Mar 2014
#65
But if you just keep working harder pushing that broom for more hours and less money, someday you're
Ed Suspicious
Mar 2014
#17