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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
There is a name for the politics of offering attractive, simplistic, unrealistic solutions to economic victims -- it's called populism. It's not new. Instead of suggesting that "we all" have done things, you might give some hard thought to who has done what, and who wins and loses from what is going on.
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Populism arises from corrupt and incompetent elites mismanaging the state. That’s historical fact.
I’d say the difference between the GOP and Dems is the GOP are French aristocracy and the Dems are Romans. One lies and tells the rabble to eat cake. The other lies and placates the rabble with bread and circuses.
Looking at what happened to those two states, it can be argued the French mismanagement results are preferable.
(But yes, generally, the GOP is more loathesome on the issue at hand. However, that’s immaterial where neither one has a useful solution and is only trying to kick the can down the road by bullshitting the little people.)
