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One way the media is manipulated

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(05-19-2021, 08:43 AM)SeldomRite Wrote:
(05-19-2021, 08:27 AM)Sneakers Wrote: So you're saying this country has moved so far left that socialism is now a centrist political position?


PS  Bernie is a millionaire too.

The country has pretty much always been where it is right now. We just have a lot of people who are very confused about what anything means.

Is socialism your boogie man? Have you never seen the photos of republican voters with the signs that say things about keeping the government out of their social security and Medicare? Americans love socialism when they think it benefits them, they just don't like it when they think they're already doing badly and it's designed to help someone else, instead. Many Americans are even confused about how much taxes they even pay (a significant number of people pay no federal income tax at all).

Do you know what the most popular legislation of the last ten years is? The covid-19 rescue package from a few months ago. Know what one of the most unpopular pieces of legislation of the last ten years was? Trump's big tax cut for the wealthy and big business.

People actually want the government to do things that they want to have done for them, they just often disagree about the what they want part.

Those people with those signs are demanding the benefit they were extorted paid for. What you say is true though as you demonstrate in the reception to those two pieces of legislation. People who believe the media simply believe things that aren't so, like the tax cuts are unpopular and the profligate spending is.
“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

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One way the media is manipulated - by Lucky2Last - 05-18-2021, 07:45 AM
RE: One way the media is manipulated - by flsprtsgod - 05-19-2021, 10:09 AM
RE: One way the media is manipulated - by Ronster - 06-17-2021, 03:50 PM
RE: One way the media is manipulated - by Ronster - 06-17-2021, 04:10 PM
Copycat - by copycat - 06-17-2021, 06:10 PM
RE: One way the media is manipulated - by Jags - 06-17-2021, 06:55 PM
RE: One way the media is manipulated - by mikesez - 06-18-2021, 11:44 AM
RE: One way the media is manipulated - by Ronster - 06-18-2021, 11:49 AM



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