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Kashkakat v.2.0

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17. Actually this bull s*** has been going on since beforeGreenParty - back in 1980 the left
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 02:18 PM
Apr 2020

abandoned Jimmy Carter and handed the election to Ronald Reagan - I remember my leftie pals saying "dont worry, things will get so bad that people will finally rise up and revolt."

Jimmy Carter! He was considered to be "boring" and not left enough.... so a lot of people didn't bother to vote.

40 years later..... a new generation of young idiots is still saying the same thing.

No ! Cant assume people will "rise up." Look at history - oftentimes they only get more beaten down and subjugated.

Generally revolutions happen during periods of rising expectations. That means that the kind of revolutionary change want is more likely to be launched during a period of Dem rule, and not far RW .... i.e. a Republican party that is now in open alliance with white supremacists and neo-fascists.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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