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betsuni

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7. Repeating the usual lie that Democrats abandoned the working class for Wall Street and responsible for economic anxiety

Reply to JohnSJ (Reply #3)

Fri May 17, 2024, 01:23 AM

May 17

and U.S. loss of manufacturing jobs, promoted the caricature villain Hillary (Wall Street Goldman Sachs Wall Street neoliberal corporatist Wall Street) created to discourage people on the Left from voting for Democrats -- insisting it was all about policy because Democrats had the same economic policies as Republicans (why did anyone believe this?) -- yet it wasn't about policy, all character attacks to make it about "morals" and feeling (goal of propaganda is to make people feel disgust). Brushed off Russian interference as a hoax. Terrible.

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Jacobin: Wall Street Is Buying Up Entire Neighborhoods [View all] DBoon May 16 OP

This has driven up housing costs while Republicans blame Biden. blm May 16 #1

Feudalism in the modern day TheRealNorth May 16 #2

Ironically jacobin went out of its way to trash Hillary every chance it got in 2016, encouraging people not JohnSJ May 17 #3

Repeating the usual lie that Democrats abandoned the working class for Wall Street and responsible for economic anxiety betsuni May 17 #7

The old Nader and Jill Stein garbage, "there is no difference between the two parties". After 2000 and 2016 if they JohnSJ May 17 #13

Tax them at a higher rate. dobleremolque May 17 #4

Exactly this mountain grammy May 17 #5

I totally agree. Here in San Diego they buy houses in single-family neighborhoods Abolishinist May 17 #6

I first remember reading about this phenomenon in horror in the no_hypocrisy May 17 #8

The natural consequence of the 1% accumulating way too much money lostnfound May 17 #9

This has to be stopped. Too many homes are controlled by investors and giant rental companies. honest.abe May 17 #10

There's your stinking housing crisis (R) BoRaGard May 17 #11

Only Congress can help Johnny2X2X May 17 #12

There ought to be a law... pecosbob May 17 #14