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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:43 AM Original message |
A little mental exercise: In one sentence, state "What has led us to our present state of |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Deliberate machinations by corporations |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Persisting in practices that are unsustainable, whether it be feeding the MIC, |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ambivalence and ignorance of too many citizens leading to voting |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. All our institutions |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. Corporate personhood. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. Media control by giant corporations. |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. OK, I'll try |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. There was a movie about that. |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. You are on target |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. the rise of Barons - we got rid of them once but now the are back |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
11. Ronald Reagan showed us that deficits don't matter. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. He proved deficits don't matter to Republicans, they can cut taxes and get Democrats |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
12. We've become a country where far too many people obtain and abuse power |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. The three major branches of government being effectively controlled by RW |
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barbiegeek (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Dumping Keynesian Economics for Trickle-Down Econ & Monetary practices |
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purrFect (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. free market orgies, disguised as being beneficial to most, by every institution in the land |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. Greed and the belief that everyone deserves to be |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
18. A legal doctrine called "corporate personhood". n/t |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
19. Forcing globalization using America's wealth without Americans' consent while unrestrained |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Repulican presidencies since 1980 plus the Democrats |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. Capitalism. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. . |
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