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2016 Postmortem

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22. Of course, the tag "evil" is the straw man here.

Sun Sep 27, 2015, 10:16 AM

Sep 2015

No, not evil, merely the fact that their interests usually do not align with the interests of the average person naturally.

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maduro enid602 Sep 2015 #1

You think that all capitalists are Wall Street execs? Fucking odd. Bonobo Sep 2015 #2

I don't know if Sanders would be comfortable with that label Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #4

Not mutually exclusive in the least. nt Bonobo Sep 2015 #5

Depends what the words mean Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #8

Do you think Sanders is opposed to capitalism? Bonobo Sep 2015 #9

His policies are not trying to get rid of capitalism Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #11

True, jkbRN Sep 2015 #13

There are plenty of socialists on Wall Street. AppalachianAmerican Sep 2015 #3

Well said! nt Bonobo Sep 2015 #7

Since this Wall Street Exec is imaginary treestar Sep 2015 #6

only is you've developed blinders treestar Sep 2015 #19

The same for Sanders uponit7771 Sep 2015 #14

It is far less likely to happen with Sanders. Motown_Johnny Sep 2015 #16

Less like doesn't = zero chance... and if it does... Same For Sanders uponit7771 Sep 2015 #25

Actually, he's stated he would NOT appoint anyone from Wall Fawke Em Sep 2015 #27

Agreed. I can't guarantee there won't be one. Motown_Johnny Sep 2015 #28

If Hillary appointed Satan himself to her cabinet, Motown_Johnny Sep 2015 #15

no chance to find out treestar Sep 2015 #20

What do you base that on? Motown_Johnny Sep 2015 #23

+1 treestar Sep 2015 #21

Of course, the tag "evil" is the straw man here. Bonobo Sep 2015 #22

Correct. NCTraveler Sep 2015 #26