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Evasporque

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12. No...it is the consolidation and stupidification of media and information...

Reply to upaloopa (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 03:56 PM

Jun 2012

More crap from fewer sources that control the crap....

America was made dumb by the Mad-Men generation...on purpose to buy crap and make a handful of people rich

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The last 40 years of conservative growth in power is a reaction to the 10 years called the "60's" [View all] upaloopa Jun 2012 OP

+infinity. The right is still fighting the counterculture of the 60s Ishoutandscream2 Jun 2012 #1

That actually makes a lot of sense. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #2

They gloss over how close this country came to revolution in the cities datasuspect Jun 2012 #3

But in the end us hippies are going to look like saints compared to the 2nd track who destroyed jwirr Jun 2012 #7

The right is still pissed off that they lost every fight throughout the 60's randr Jun 2012 #4

Hmm, interesting viewpoint. Quantess Jun 2012 #5

When people are relatively doing well they don't complain as much. Puzzledtraveller Jun 2012 #6

The Left forced them to admit to an unwinnable war in Vietnam. randome Jun 2012 #8

If you do decide to "join in," I ask one favor... Scootaloo Jun 2012 #9

I'm not your enemy. I may get screwed by the right for the next few years I have to live, upaloopa Jun 2012 #11

I think that, the massive popularity of FDR's social programs of the 30's and 40's... LanternWaste Jun 2012 #10

Of course it is... RoccoR5955 Jun 2012 #13

No...it is the consolidation and stupidification of media and information... Evasporque Jun 2012 #12

It's more like liberal thought pops up in a continually right-wing world. The programs of the 30's jtuck004 Jun 2012 #14

A very accurate analysis. hifiguy Jun 2012 #15