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In reply to the discussion: Is "liberal washing" at the heart of discord in the Dem party? [View all]CrispyQ
(36,424 posts)When I heard a democratic president put SS cuts on the table was a turning point for me. I don't care if it doesn't happen, this time, it will be put on the table again, & a dem prez did it first. To me that was the last straw with this party.
I'll probably vote mostly dem, but next time some right-leaning dem asks me, "Who else are you going to vote for?" I'll respond, "The Greens, perhaps." I changed my registration to send a message & also, because voting for the lesser of two evils has gotten me exactly what I was voting against in the first place. This is not the democratic party I joined in 1975. I know many think we have to take our party back from within, but I think it's too compromised with big money.
I worry that if another liberal party were to somehow rise in the ranks, that it too would become corrupt. Until we get big money out of politics, the 99% are fucked. But ask the average person on the street if they would be willing to have government pay for elections & I'll bet they would say no. The 1% has so effectively brainwashed the 99% into believing that government spending on the 99% is always bad.
There will be no change until more people go hungry. I believe that most people don't change until the pain becomes personal. I think it was Lily Tomlin who said, no matter how cynical I am I can't keep up.
Good post. Now I'll go read what others said.