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betsuni

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19. Blaming '90s trade deals for agricultural and manufacturing changes that had already happened,
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 11:28 PM
Jun 2025

convenient way to bash Democrats from the Left. Myth that Democrats (Bill and Hillary Clinton) abandoned unions in favor of Wall Street and corporation money (repeat Wall Street Wall Street corporatist corporatist corrupt corrupt a million times until it sticks).

Union membership peaked in the '50s (example, coal mining -- after automation began in the '50s, jobs disappeared and union membership dropped; in general, Republicans promised that if workers surrendered union advantages then American companies would compete and jobs stay, liars). Manufacturing jobs had begun disappearing in the '70s, automation. By 1990 the prices of corn, wheat, and soybeans had dropped by 70%. But blame Democrats! Also assume President Obama wanted to "screw the American worker" with TPP, when those idiots knew nothing about it except what they were told to believe, which was that Clintons, Obama, Democrats despise and "ignore" the working class and all the rest of the lies. Followers taught to hate trade deals.

And from the Right. NAFTA destroying America a big Steve Bannon thing, his populist "movement" "revolution," became a Trump thing which he mentioned all the time. Followers taught to hate trade deals.

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She did, she mcar Jun 2025 #1
Oh yes indeed. sheshe2 Jun 2025 #7
... as did a "few'" of us. We were B.See Jun 2025 #22
That reminds me of Sarandon... Oopsie Daisy Jun 2025 #15
She most certainly did! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #2
And enough Democrats turned on the most qualified person for Prez ever to give us trump 1. Silent Type Jun 2025 #3
Let's not forget Hillary Clinton WON the popular vote MagickMuffin Jun 2025 #4
Oh, it certainly was not just Democrats. W_HAMILTON Jun 2025 #5
Not in my opinion. Dems ticked because their candidate lost primaries gave us trump, and Silent Type Jun 2025 #6
Blaming '90s trade deals for agricultural and manufacturing changes that had already happened, betsuni Jun 2025 #19
Trade deals I mentioned were 2015, 2016. Not 3 decades ago. Silent Type Jun 2025 #20
The ones who hated TPP, called Democrats neoliberals, blamed Hillary personally for NAFTA, betsuni Jun 2025 #23
I know 2 Democrats who voted for Bernie in 1WorldHope Jun 2025 #8
Women are just soooo hormonal.... Hekate Jun 2025 #9
You nailed them both to a tee. sheshe2 Jun 2025 #11
I always had a saying: Wednesdays Jun 2025 #12
Yes, she did. Some of us listened to her. niyad Jun 2025 #10
My favorite "nasty woman" Montauk6 Jun 2025 #13
Remember what Jane said about voting? Oopsie Daisy Jun 2025 #14
I sure as hell do. sheshe2 Jun 2025 #17
Some people would rather watch their country burn than vote for a woman. Aristus Jun 2025 #16
That makes two of them now. sheshe2 Jun 2025 #18
"People often say to me, 'You warned us, and I wish we had listened.' What am I supposed to say to that?" betsuni Jun 2025 #21
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