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SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
14. Money, corruption, desception, and filthy politics
Fri Jun 10, 2016, 11:13 PM
Jun 2016

won this primary. Yes, I'm pretty sure it's called an oligarchy.

The weird part is, I expected so much more for this country this time around. And we fell quite short of the goal. It was a big disappointment. So we have another 4 years of bullshit ahead of us. Gee, I just can't wait.

Meanwhile, the country continues corrupt trade deals, no universal healthcare, no tuition free college, and kissing Wall Street's ass. I'm guessing nobody gives a shit about our grandchildren and children's future, and the fact that most middle class people cannot afford college. Nobody understands it starts with the education. Do we want a country full of uneducated idiots?

I just do not get it. And NEVER will. We had our once in a lifetime chance to change it. People ignored it like the plague. The dumbing of America has begun, and it appears, we as a country, do not want a better life for everyone. I am still dumbfounded over what I have witnessed over the past year.

God help us all, because we are going to need all the help we can get.

The US is an oligarchy [View all] RoccoR5955 Jun 2016 OP
Because Sanders lost. stopbush Jun 2016 #1
No, you don't have it right. OnyxCollie Jun 2016 #4
+1! FailureToCommunicate Jun 2016 #9
Please stop the whining Gomez163 Jun 2016 #5
Please stop the whining AlbertCat Jun 2016 #12
Wrong it would still be an oligarchy. retrowire Jun 2016 #8
Because Sanders lost. AlbertCat Jun 2016 #11
I trust you're not a Sanders supporter stopbush Jun 2016 #13
I trust you're not a Sanders supporter AlbertCat Jun 2016 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author OnyxCollie Jun 2016 #2
bernie is an oligarch himself according to merriam webster: Simple Definition of oligarch msongs Jun 2016 #3
That's nice. OnyxCollie Jun 2016 #6
Oligarchy. Ask yourself: do you or Kochs have more influence politically? George Eliot Jun 2016 #7
Ask yourself: how different is it today from the way it's always been? stopbush Jun 2016 #15
I think you have it reversed George Eliot Jun 2016 #16
Of the nine replies to this OP thus far, chervilant Jun 2016 #10
Money, corruption, desception, and filthy politics SmittynMo Jun 2016 #14
I echo your thoughts. Thanks. George Eliot Jun 2016 #17
Certainly the US is very oligarchical. mwooldri Jun 2016 #19
LOCKING THREAD AS DISRUPTIVE META LostOne4Ever Jun 2016 #20
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