Reply #6: They always seem to create just enough jobs to prevent revolution

[Cresent City Kid]

In the late 1800's, we had capitalism in its purest form, set up to benefit the capitalists. The government was to weak to limit them in defense of the people, or unwilling, perhaps a little of both. Left unchecked, it led to the Great Depression. The New Deal was a workaround that prevented that type of collapse while keeping the vestiges of capitalism intact, all to stave off communism.

The Reaganites either forgot this lesson, or didn't care as they sought to undo the compromise that led to a large and healthy middle class. As much as they railed against communists, they unwittingly created conditions that make communism or socialism seem more palatable. Voters seem to alternately forget and remember the lesson. They fall for the lies of the right, vote in republicans, then vote them out when the economy starts to tank before it gets to Great Depression like depths. This keeps us in a stalemate, as well as the capitalist themselves giving just enough back to keep the whole system from total collapse.

Barring some economic or natural catatsrophe, I expect this stasis to continue into the foreseeable future.