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Farmer-Rick

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40. Well the GOP caters to the filthy-rich
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 11:01 AM
1 hr ago

Dems do too sometimes. Many times the Dems join in with the GOP to support the filthy-rich like bail outs for banks but no relief for homeowners, promoting free trade agreements (That are totally ignored now.), and supporting the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act.

But in general, a Dem will more likely support a democracy than a MAGA or Republican will. As one guy once said, Republicans are paid (by the filthy-rich) to win and Democrats are paid to lose.

But there are many honest and devoted Dems that despite their flaws, truly support democracy. I don't know of any MAGA, GOP or even libertarians that support and understand real democracy (some are totally stupid and think capitalism is democracy).

So Dems are the real middle road because the filthy-rich has less influence over them. The filthy-rich would have even less influence over a real far left, like communism or socialism. So, it doesn't exist.

Capitalism would likely die if we had the real versions of those types of economies/governments. And then how would the filthy-rich continue to take our national wealth for themselves? So they pay the GOP and MAGA to stop the left.

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Not lazy, complicit robbob 23 hrs ago #13
Well, when you're getting paid a few million a year to toe the line... progressoid 15 hrs ago #34
100% Blue Full Moon Yesterday #3
Anything that returns us to FDR and the New Deal is all I want. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #4
Minus the racism systemically included in some of the New Deal, racist policies designed to ensure the support of Celerity 23 hrs ago #9
Another evil compromise and continuation of the original sin. pat_k 23 hrs ago #11
Or even the Eisenhower years pat_k 23 hrs ago #10
Bet me to it! paleotn 22 hrs ago #20
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Recommended. H2O Man Yesterday #5
The tyranny of the minority peggysue2 Yesterday #6
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Absolutely!!!! pat_k 23 hrs ago #12
The corruption is at the core. yellow dahlia 17 hrs ago #32
A lot of younger voters are embracing the term "leftist" TheProle 23 hrs ago #14
I wouldn't want to ostracize. But a lesson in history wouldn't go amiss. pat_k 22 hrs ago #17
Well in fairness, there's some air between a history lesson and "calling bullshit" TheProle 22 hrs ago #21
To me, factual context that demonstrates the label is not valid... pat_k 21 hrs ago #26
Exactly. When people win elections, especially by substantial margins Bluetus 23 hrs ago #15
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I wonder, BidenRocks 22 hrs ago #18
There's a great discussion of what history tells us about how this could play out at 28:46 in the following pat_k 22 hrs ago #19
Well, when we see some of those candidates positions, they are fodder for the RW Callie1979 2 hrs ago #38
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Putting the radical right fascist corporatism of the current Republican pat_k 18 hrs ago #31
Thanks for the HCR clip. yellow dahlia 17 hrs ago #33
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Letters to editors. Lots of letters to editors. pat_k 22 hrs ago #24
Concise and precise Gum Logger 21 hrs ago #25
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The entire explainer from Heather Cox Richardson makes this crystal clear. pat_k 19 hrs ago #30
I saw the long version of that video by HCR last night. applegrove 11 hrs ago #35
That's why we have so many billionaires and trillionaires, I suppose... kentuck 2 hrs ago #39
Well the GOP caters to the filthy-rich Farmer-Rick 1 hr ago #40
Obviously, if Centrist Democrats would espouse these "Centrist" positions, they would attract more votes. ihaveaquestion 1 hr ago #41
Love HCR for making sense and telling the truth clearly! liberalla 1 hr ago #42
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