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BigOleDummy

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4. I submit....
Sat Sep 16, 2023, 02:42 PM
Sep 2023

... to you that the New Dealish reforms you speak of constitute radical thinking in these days of maga.

I DO tend a little further left these days though I must admit. I read something somewhere (told you I was old , can't remember crap anymore *blush*) of the rightward drift of our political thought. As we trend towards moderation and shave off the "too leftist" portions of policies/priorities to stay "moderate" the right keeps moving further right so we shave off a few more degrees of thought to stay in the middle. And on and on....... Look at D.D.E. as an example. He couldn't even win a primary in the gop these days, hell he'd make a great Democratic candidate!

I fully support the younger people who take it to the streets and get in the fascists faces personified by Antifa etc. When and if the time comes my old ass will be on the ramparts with them. The magaites seem to think that they are a majority in this country but they are wrong and THAT needs to be driven home much more forcefully imho.

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