The question to be answered isn’t “What happened to them?”; it’s “What happened to us?” It’s what happened to us that we stopped providing millions of people with the economic and social good they need & crave, leaving them vulnerable to the machinations of such malignant ideas?

Nov 10, 2020 · 3:30 PM UTC

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Black people have been in this boat since 1619. Yet here we are, not trying to overthrow, jail and kill our fellow Americans. Stop making excuses for your cousins.
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You still crazy as you were 2016 Marianne!
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This isn't rocket science. We kept voting for the lesser of two evils as you instructed us to do, and ended up with two parties that are absolute evil. Hurrah.
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Check out Portugal or Sweden.
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Amen, sister.
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1Good question but there are many very educated thriving successful people who also champion these malignant ideas, whether or not they have anything to gain for doing so. Good economic policies that lift all boats will surely help but it's not the only factor - not that you're
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Is this not the widespread and broadly problematized theory we tried to run with in light of 2016? The "they're just embracing white supremacy death cult because farmers are really poor and sad" take? How did that turn out?
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A slew of misinformation led by FOX news and a party that was ready to sell their souls to the devil to get elected.
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Seems like those fighting against progressive policies are fighting for fascism.
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