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In reply to the discussion: Trump is insane, he is in sever cognitive decline, and his health problems can't be hidden anymore. [View all]ancianita
(41,348 posts)bro-tech oligarchs at least eight years ago, and the Koch oligarch network before that. You might be forgiven for being "blindsided," but not all of us are. And so there really was no "swapping" or "gentlemanly arrangement."
What we Democrats have seen since Reagan, while it was happening -- and what our party tried but failed to stop during the Obama and Biden years, just ask Bernie -- has now happened:
Dark Money. And with it, the takeover of the tech and Koch oligarchy and their corporate henchmen;
the takeover of the SCOTUS and half the House of Congress; all of the current cabinet and the White House.
You might feel blindsided now, but we all on DU yelled about it in real time. You know we did -- we all know this -- and so you can't be properly representing political and economic history.
Our party isn't a "both sides do it" party. Democrats are a "rule of law" party. Democrats are not in denial.
1. We Democrats take dark money grudgingly from pro-democracy oligarchs (yes, Kamala had their backing), but the main, foundational source of our money -- unlike Republican money -- is from unions of the working class.
2. There's another important difference: We Democrats put our crooks in jail, whether it's Illinois Democratic governors or speakers of the House, or congressmen like Menendez. (I've probably forgotten a couple)
No. We are NOT like the Republicans. THEY VOTE THEIR CROOKS INTO OFFICE.
REPUBLICANS sold out to, and brought oligarchic/corporate control of government -- which makes this government FASCIST. REPUBLICANS ARE SOLD-OUT PRO-FASCISTS.
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