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We are truly through the looking glass now...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In case anyone is just passing by and didn’t check out the link, and doesn’t know Democracy Now! , please give them a look, it’s super great reporting presented well, a new favorite for me. Don’t know how they don’t have more subscribers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Voting red is no longer an option for any remotely patriotic American.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Has become," cute. I think a reasonable argument can be made they became one post-New Deal and definitely after LBJ's legislation and the greater Civil Rights movement. They certainly were one by the time Barry Goldwater and Nixon's southern strategy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yep - happened as soon as racism became a policy cornerstone and the rest of the part just shrugged and got in line.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The GOP/Nazi party is in full bloom.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want to scare yourself further... Go read "They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45" (Trigger warning because of book cover with a certain symbol).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Read It Can't Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis. It's disturbing.