Reply #92: you nailed it [View All]

from a previous post:

"I will keep living in my world and rather than in denial, where the wealthy few have control over the process, where the media corrupts our democracy, where the poor and left behind and left out - the other America - have no voice and are marginalized and kicked to the curb, where corporate big finance interests select our candidates for us, where elections are stolen, and where the party has gotten weaker and weaker as a buttress against extreme right wing domination of our politics, and I will continue to fight and speak out against the ongoing destruction of our democracy."

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You have the historical perspective. Why is it that people forget so fast that they -- for example -- could not have PREVENTED all the damage done since Reagan was elected, instead of try to go back and "fix it"? The disconnect is so severe that many of the oblivious detractors don't understand that may be impossible and just want to "get along" and have "change."

"When these splits coincide with the 80 year political cycle we have a very volatile and unstable situation and anything can happen. There is a generational amnesia about politics that runs in about 80 year cycles, once most people who can remember the last social upheaval have passed away."

This OP was an attempt to address the most recent "generational amnesia about politics." I consider the praise of Reagan and lack of awareness of the damage done by the propaganda machine -- not to mention the hostility of those who would rather attack than think -- to be dangerous. Orwellian.

For what its worth, I don't underestimate the audience here. Even when some get apoplectic and froth at the mouth at my posts, I know my intentions are for the GOOD of the common interests we share. They can handle it.