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sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 07:30 AM Sep 2019

The connection between Brexit and our Republican Party

This is the ideological link between the UK Conservative Party and the US Republican Party:


Both are captured by rightwing ideologues who always want to shrink government to cut taxes on the rich. David Cameron in the UK was that kind of Reagan-type conservative.

And just as in the US, effectively cutting taxes (austerity) makes the billionaire donors happy but alienates the voters. So you then have to lie to voters about immigrants and minorities to win. And then you open your party up to being taken over by a charlatan and liar, like Johnson. Or Trump.

But Cameron and Reagan and their mission to help the rich and lie to to the middle class are the causes.


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