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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders to unveil plan to guarantee every American a job [View all]JCanete
(5,272 posts)Trump galvanized his base around a ridiculous idea. a ridiculous and horrible idea, and democrats, proof of that rush to compromise for fear of worse, literally just voted to fund it in part.
That's where we are, with us living in the political realities that the GOP makes. How is that working out for us?
Now, yes, we should have a truthful discussion about the implementation of policies. And what you said upfront is absolutely on the nose. Republicans are heralded for their obstructionism. By who? The corporate media. By their base, which has been shaped by that GOP corporate media over the last 30 years. The playing field isn't fair...it isn't even close...but instead of claling the game rigged we play on it and pretend to trust the refs(our media) as they distort everything we do and cover for everything republicans do. And why do we do this? Because we think we can't win without their money. We rarely if ever use the bully pulpit do get the public excited. We rarely promise big, fine, with the caveat that we need the people to help us deliver. Because promising big means we are pissing some big lobby off and we're simply terrified that either the money will dry up, or the money will manifest as the primal forces of nature in righteous fury.
Instead we try to make "realistic" changes within the framework the corporate medias manufactured reality allows.