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luvtheGWN

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11. You've boiled it down to the cold hard truth.

Sun Jul 16, 2017, 10:22 AM

Jul 2017

As someone on NPR noted a few months back, the US has returned to the gilded age, the only difference being that, back then laws were gradually put in place to bring more parity and to prevent monopolies and the destruction they caused for the working class and the poor. Now, those laws are systematically being shredded by the leaders of the 21st century gilded age.

It is to weep.

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This is an absolutely brilliant piece of writing [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 OP

Author: Frank Bruni longship Jul 2017 #1

I love Bruni. cwydro Jul 2017 #6

Yes he sure has. SusanaMontana41 Jul 2017 #30

I once thought the only reason his children madaboutharry Jul 2017 #2

Children usually get their morals and their value system from their parents. Enough said. politicaljunkie41910 Jul 2017 #8

As the saying goes.,. Stellar Jul 2017 #29

or as my old granny used to say... alterfurz Jul 2017 #46

"The turd never falls far from the asshole" flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #53

Tiffany is Smart... Cheviteau Jul 2017 #32

I imagine the financial support (the only kind of support she gets from him, I imagine) maddiemom Jul 2017 #34

I feel sorry for young Baron, who must have his own computer and probably reads Doitnow Jul 2017 #35

They should have thought of that.. MFM008 Jul 2017 #55

Marla must have spent enough time not fooled Jul 2017 #50

Oh it is about the money. kacekwl Jul 2017 #38

Only 16% of Americans want Trumpcare. And it is only losing by a couple points Maraya1969 Jul 2017 #3

They work for the Pharm and Insur Co lobbyists and Satan himself. BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #37

The koch brothers don't want not fooled Jul 2017 #51

Good summary- and realistic description of challenges when Trumpsters have alternate reality wishstar Jul 2017 #4

right wingers are hypnotized and rendered delusional by the likes of FAUX. But I am Amaryllis Jul 2017 #47

K&R... spanone Jul 2017 #5

Apropos of nothing but self aggrandizing, Doug Sosnik is an old friend. nolabear Jul 2017 #7

Great and depressing mcar Jul 2017 #9

Donald Trump is a symptom of our dying Democracy as is Mitch McChinless and Paul Ryan. Dustlawyer Jul 2017 #10

You've boiled it down to the cold hard truth. luvtheGWN Jul 2017 #11

We all know we always had a flawed democracy. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 #16

The status quo was infinitely preferable to this. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Amaryllis Jul 2017 #48

+1 nt riderinthestorm Jul 2017 #20

That fear isn't new misanthrope Jul 2017 #54

Noam Chomsky explained it in 1988. ariadne0614 Jul 2017 #56

Good post. CanSocDem Jul 2017 #57

Great editorial Gothmog Jul 2017 #12

America was earnest and tried? ananda Jul 2017 #14

Thank you DSB and Bruni saidsimplesimon Jul 2017 #15

"Adios, America"? That's some unnecessary and discouraging BS to paste at the end. FreepFryer Jul 2017 #17

Just a figure of speech, nothing more and nothing less. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 #18

Just a figure of speech? It is an absurdly defeatist figure of speech. Nitram Jul 2017 #22

I'm sorry you feel that way though I do think your anger is misplaced. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 #23

I didn't intend to suggest that I was angry. I'm not. Nitram Jul 2017 #24

Agreed, Nitram. Thanks for chiming in. DSB's comment was totally unnecessary and detractive... FreepFryer Jul 2017 #25

People get upset about all the wrong things. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 #26

Are you upset DSB? I thought we were just expressing our opinions in a safe environment. Nitram Jul 2017 #28

I'm not upset with anyone but the malignant and mendacious clown in the White House. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 #31

"Some will cheer the decline of America, but I think we'll miss it when it's gone." Chris Uhlmann CrispyQ Jul 2017 #19

I'm not ready to give up. This is a dark, pessimistic view that fail to consider that Mueller's Nitram Jul 2017 #21

Every single post here admonishing us to give up only steels our resolve further. It's validation. FreepFryer Jul 2017 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author maxsolomon Jul 2017 #33

Is it realistic to be pessimistic about where we are? Nitram Jul 2017 #36

+1. (n/t) FreepFryer Jul 2017 #39

That was not my intent. maxsolomon Jul 2017 #40

Berlusconi was a crook and a boor but unlike Trump he didn't try to set Italian against Italian. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 #45

Most people's eyes have been opened.......... BlueJac Jul 2017 #41

"...his lidless grandiosity and bottomless vulgarity..." yonder Jul 2017 #42

Excellent! but I disagree with his conclusion. mountain grammy Jul 2017 #43

K&R ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #44

Excellent. And sad. nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #49

What can I say? I tried to FUCKING WARN EVERYBODY! Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #52