Originally Posted by
cawacko
The last election was very much about the economy. How else would a 70 year old socialist get as much traction as he did? His entire meaaage was economic inequality. Same for Trump. He spoke about bad trade deals, manufacturing etc.
The reality people at the top did well in the recovery but not so the people down below. So it's not all that surprising so many people in both parties turned to "non establishment types". (I'm not a big fan of the phrase but I'll use it here.)
I've been on AOL, JPP boards for 17 years. I've seen the same people year after year have the exact same conversation, "Republicans suck, no Democrats suck, no Republicans suck, no Democrats suck..."
I don't feel like I'm missing out on all that much by not joining every thread like that.
And at the end of the day people on this board are willing to die for their political party and the political parties don't give two shits about us
It is the world and society you exist in brother .. and I agree that you can opt out of discussions you don't like to have. But I have not opted out of political discourse beyond the dollar, so excuse me when I discuss the much larger context.
AMERICAN HISTORY ITSELF IS A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE. WE, ALONG WITH THE COURGE AND SACRIFICES OF CONSCIOUS WHITE AMERICANS, LIKE VIOLA LIUZZO, EVERETT DIRKSEN, AND MANY OTHERS, HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND FOR OUR SURVIVAL.
In America, rights are are not determined by what is just, fair, equitable, honest, nor by what Jesus would do. Rights are determined ONLY by what you can DEMAND.
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