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We need to take back our country by wiping out all vestiges of anything right wing, be it (Original Post) indepat Oct 2013 OP
Wipe *all* of that out down to the last vestige? Evelyn Gordon Oct 2013 #1
Waving a magic wand ain't gonna do it. Nothing short of most of the people getting fed up indepat Oct 2013 #2
Even assuming a societal shift such as you just described, Evelyn Gordon Oct 2013 #5
By proclaiming everyone with a copy of Atlas Shrugged has a small penis. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #3
Your solution to extremism is extremism? 1000words Oct 2013 #4
No, we need to keep a few samples around so people can remember Rex Oct 2013 #6
K&R Katashi_itto Oct 2013 #7
You missed the activist billionaires HereSince1628 Oct 2013 #8
Ah yes, the Louis XIV solution. CK_John Oct 2013 #9

indepat

(20,899 posts)
2. Waving a magic wand ain't gonna do it. Nothing short of most of the people getting fed up
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 05:58 PM
Oct 2013

with governance that promotes the welfare of the uber-wealthy and large corporations rather that governance that promotes the general welfare will get most of the job done. Welcome to DU.

 

Evelyn Gordon

(29 posts)
5. Even assuming a societal shift such as you just described,
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 06:08 PM
Oct 2013

That still doesn't wipe out "all vestiges" of right wing thought. How exactly do you propose to transform American society down to the last man, woman, and child...as proposed in the OP?
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Thanks!

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
6. No, we need to keep a few samples around so people can remember
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 06:11 PM
Oct 2013

and reflect upon the time in our history that domestic terrorists used economic terror to hold the country hostage. Lest we forget.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
8. You missed the activist billionaires
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 06:13 PM
Oct 2013

If you forget them, it's like spraying the yard for bed bugs and not doing anything about the beds and bedding.

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