• mozz@mbin.grits.devOP
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    3 months ago

    At the time that Carlin was saying this, it was probably a lot more accurate than today. The parties were pretty indistinguishable for a lot of the 80s and 90s, and then after that the Democrats got significantly better in some cases, and the Republicans went straight off the edge into wanting to kill anyone different than them or who wanted to stand in their way.

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      3 months ago

      the Democrats got significantly better

      Neo-liberalism has not been a win for the working class no matter who is in charge of swinging that particular bat.

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        3 months ago

        Quick question, what do you think has happened to working class wages in the last 4 years, and what to income inequality?