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In reply to the discussion: "The Hard Left are no different than the Hard Right" [View all]Blanks
(4,835 posts)Is because the country has moved to the right (despite the statistics showing what policies voters ACTUALLY support). The fact that it is not in the people's best interest to move to the right is immaterial.
It's necessary to get a majority of votes to stay in control and since every time the democrats make a move the 'noisy minority' (a conglomeration of Fox News, Clear Channel, and the Koch brothers organizations) starts getting people to repeat their moronic little slogans - the country rejects the democrats at the polls. The politicians have no choice, but to change their positions - in order to stay in office.
The folks in office have no choice but to pander to their constituents. I have no problem with criticizing a particular vote or position (social security cuts or the TPP for example) but when the 'hard left' make generic complaints (such as there is no difference between the two parties) it appears to me that this is forwarding the agenda of the opposition because we need to get people to the polls voting for democrats - the republicans are going no matter what.
Discouraging people from voting is BAD.