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elmac

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4. Democracies will always struggle under capitalism

Reply to AJT (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 12:58 PM

Nov 2018

the two should never go together, are always fighting against each other. Big money doesn't want your say, want a Democracy, all they want is more power to create more money. So yes, whatever party supports big money over Democracy is anti-Democracy and repugs have been that throughout their existence with a few exceptions during the Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower administrations.

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A reminder of why and when republiCons started suppressing votes [View all] elmac Nov 2018 OP

Confession -- I did not watch the video Perseus Nov 2018 #1

Its not just up to the Democrats elmac Nov 2018 #2

It is unreported because the democrats don't go out and say what they are doing to prevent it Perseus Nov 2018 #5

The gop has been anti-democratic since the 1920s. AJT Nov 2018 #3

Democracies will always struggle under capitalism elmac Nov 2018 #4

I believe voter surpression was a big part of Nixon's victory in INdemo Nov 2018 #6

yes, both nixon and reagan commited treason elmac Nov 2018 #7

talk radio ramped it up was used to sell the pretext for a lot of the r-con suppression legislation certainot Nov 2018 #8