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In reply to the discussion: A Short Note On The Democratic Party And The Progressive Left.... [View all]mick063
(2,424 posts)As I posted earlier in the thread (#16):
Either the working poor are helped or they are not.
The rest is just hot air.
With current Democratic politics, you are permitted social equality if you are gay, black, brown, or female, but a sizable population must pay a fee to do it. Such is the mindset of the tycoons. A fee must be paid for every just about everything it seems. Political "automatic teller machines" (ATM).
In Democratic politics it is known as the Grand Bargain, or as the TPP, or as legal immunity for financial moguls. It is the compromise of the self described "pragmatists". It is the argument from the "center".
In reality, social issues are the bargaining chips that the wealthy elite wield for no other purpose than that they are bargaining chips. They are the ransom. In effect, we collectively purchase our freedoms. It won't be long until we purchase the air we breathe as well.