J Anthony wrote:
Yes. Both parties practice some form of socialism, which is why the rightwing' shrieking about it is such hollow theater for the base, atypical hypocrisy. Republicans want to funnel our money to the churches, the military, oil companies, and Wall St. Democrats funnel it to social programs, alternative energy boondoggles, tech, and Wall St. Both parties give health insurance companies handouts. The reality for a long time has been that the US is a hybrid-system of capitalism and socialism. Yet only the wealthy and powerful get the best of both worlds, and a small group of them are working very hard to keep it this way. We are, underneath the veneer of a democratic-republic, an actual plutocracy. There are too few citizens involved in civics and productive activism today, or even aware of what's going on half the time, for it to be a real democracy.
Yes. Both parties practice some form of socialism,... (
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Republicans at least see the bottom line and it ain't pretty. :twisted: