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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"...it's democracy, stupid..."
...without democracy inflation, abortion, student debt, immigration, taxes and many other issues you may think of will be off the agenda and out of your hands...
...without democracy your future, your family's future, our future will be uncertain, fragile and solely at the mercy of the state...
...without democracy your right to associate, assemble, to travel, to start a business, defend a political idea or challenge authority will be severely restricted and controlled...
...you can not lead a free life or be free without democracy...you can not lead a free life or be free in an authoritarian state...
...if you want to continue to be free and live your free life then you MUST vote the Democratic Party...
...if you want to live a state-run life under new authoritarian rulers and rules then vote the Republican Party...
...there is no more UNDEMOCRATIC major political party in America today than the Republican Party...
...it's that clear, it's that simple...
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OAITW r.2.0
(24,468 posts)But they are too stupid to realize it.
onecaliberal
(32,854 posts)MacKasey
(986 posts)Can I give you a second one for inflation
"It's the corporate greed, stupid"I
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,343 posts)Katie Porter and her charts show that about half of current inflation is caused by record profits -- corporate greed. The rest of it comes from reduced supply due to all those closings during the worst of covid and the long period of restarting supply lines.
The Fed ignores that and uses the wrong, blunt tool, interest rates, in a crude attempt to curb inflation. M$M goes along with breathless, desperate reports that do not explain a thing.
EndlessWire
(6,526 posts)is a fascist organization and this whole thing is not about the economy, etc., but it's about Democracy v. Fascism. It's American GIs against Nazis. It is framed in this Hitlerish struggle for authoritarian power. The Republicans have turned Trumpian and really would be happy to see all of us under the yoke of some dictator.
Why, I don't know. People no longer think for themselves, and seem to need "daddies" to tell them what to do. Boy, when it's gone, it'll really be gone. And, they think, they don't need us, and they'll get that new car because of their vote, the house because they are conservative, or signed up Repub. Boy, will they be wrong.