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In reply to the discussion: Bill and Hillary Clinton Will Attend the Trump Inauguration [View all]hunter
(38,301 posts)24. I wish we'd stop pretending the U.S.A. is some kind of first world social democracy.
It's not, and it never has been.
Our elections are crooked and our people oppressed.
Sure, millions of white guys had it good for a time, mostly thanks to strong unions and FDR, but even that is fading away.
Progress like rural electrification, the interstate highway system, the Apollo moon landing... we're told those types of projects are somehow impossible now. We can't have internet for everyone, a national health care system, free college and trade schools, all these things other nations have accomplished... why?
It's just fucking sad.
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Being there does not mean they support him. There are many ways to interpret this move.
CaliforniaPeggy
Jan 2017
#14
I wish we'd stop pretending the U.S.A. is some kind of first world social democracy.
hunter
Jan 2017
#24
Think about this - If the Clintons had announced they weren't attending....
PoliticAverse
Jan 2017
#32
It probably confuses the proposed Inaugural performers that wanted to be there for Hillary not Trump
HoneyBadger
Jan 2017
#35