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In reply to the discussion: America's current situation is just chickens from the '80s coming home to roost [View all]misanthrope
(7,411 posts)41. Yep, I thought it took guts to deliver his "malaise" speech
as it was obviously political suicide. I've learned over my life that denial and rationalization are incredibly powerful. Tell most people what they "want to hear" as opposed to what they "need to hear" and they'll eat out of your hand. They just don't desire the objectivity or critical thought required to do otherwise.
If I meet someone and they start off with praise for me, my internal guard goes up. The more flattering, the worse. I filter everything they say through a malarkey screen.
Most of the time it takes really dire times to move Americans away from supply-side philosophies and beliefs. Too much of our culture is built on a foundation of greed and materialism and it's been noted since the early 1800s.
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America's current situation is just chickens from the '80s coming home to roost [View all]
misanthrope
Jul 2017
OP
Well, the beginning of the backlash against whatever feminism had been able to accomplish in the 60s
meadowlander
Jul 2017
#108
50 yrs from now, most people won't know who those people are or those songs.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2017
#72
Yes, the 80's were a belligerent repudiation of Jimmy Carter and the direction he laid out for us.
NBachers
Jul 2017
#62
We had a president who asked nothing of us and blamed all ills on "the other".
Boomerproud
Jul 2017
#104
Reagan's trick, bad decisions and poor educations are the roosting chickens.
Democrats_win
Jul 2017
#78
Great rant! Also, Reagan colluded with Iran to manipulate U.S. election and in doing so kept
suffragette
Jul 2017
#79
I grew up in the DC Suburbs, went off to College in 1978, came back in 1983
Burma Jones
Jul 2017
#82
I usually find Bill Maher obnoxious, but he accurately nailed Reagan for our problems today.
robertpaulsen
Jul 2017
#93
This is when the Republicans began really using propaganda - Newt Gingrich's "Contract With America
kerry-is-my-prez
Jul 2017
#98
That is when Newt Gingrich came up with his propaganda tools - used to this day. It was cited
kerry-is-my-prez
Jul 2017
#107