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I'm confused about the nitpicking in this thread about who the boogie-men are -- the Fed, Congress, the rich, etc. We do know these are all the same group of p
by maybelsyrup 6y ago
I'm confused about the nitpicking in this thread about who the boogie-men are -- the Fed, Congress, the rich, etc.
We do know these are all the same group of people, right? Same social strata, same schools, same manners, same wealth, same worldview, etc. Party makes little difference here -- R's and D's are just two right-wing parties who mainly serve special interests (industry). Clinton gutted working people as much as Reagan did -- wages continue to stagnate under allegedly liberal presidential administrations, too.
For all this to be true I don't even have to appeal to the fact that since the 70s the institutions we're talking about are all revolving doors facing each other -- work in government, then work in private industry, then back to government, then I'm Janet Yellen charging Goldman six figures for speeches but pretending they don't influence me.
It's a bit reductionist, maybe -- but by and large they're all the same people and they serve the same interests.
- fuzzfactor 6y agoMaybe that's why they used to call their political party the Democratic-Republicans?