Reply #1522: i think the problem is that more and more people are starting to realize that the

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two mainstream political parties in this country represent polar extremes on a continuum of conservatism.

mainstream democrats represent an eisenhower era republican party and the republicans represent the diseased dream of ultra right wing bircher klansmen flat earth batshit crazy religious lunatic thugs.

there is no room for the left in this country. the noise machine cannot allow reason to interfere in the political process of this country.

it's a soap opera of right wing reaction and hate mongering on the republican side and the earnest efforts of democrats who seek to not look bad in the eyes of these lunatics while pursuing reagonomics lite more than 30 years after it was discredited.

so it's a race to the bottom: let's not even mention that the wealthiest people who actually possess ALL the power in the country want it this way. they want us stupid, hateful, and afraid.