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    The Right has such a fear of the Left’s dream of democratic collectivism and the Left such a hatred for what it sees as the Right’s elitist, rugged individualism that there is little danger that they will ever join forces to overturn our government-backed monopolies even though we violate the ideals of both left and right.

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    • It's hilarious and sad at the same time that the low IQ, poverty stricken GOP voters do the bidding of the ultra wealthy.
      Why?      BusterBoy
    • so we are calling morally fucked, nationalist, Christian ignorant idiocy “rugged individualism” now? Fuck you.monospaced
    • the american/right-wing narrative of "rugged individualism" often includes horrific violence as a byproduct of their utopia, which yeah, hard to agree withcolin_s
    • @BusterBoy If that's an honest question I'll give you my personal take on it.palimpsest
    • It's because these "deplorables" don't find a discourse that speaks to them from the "left". Because the left fears populism.palimpsest
    • "The people" is a concept that is built, the left needs to build their concept of "the people". See Chantal Mouffe.palimpsest
    • Furthermore, to be on the right is to maintain those with power at the top. It sounds like something the American "left" has been doing for the past decades.palimpsest
    • Margaret Thatcher said her greatest achievement was "Tony Blair and New Labour. We forced our opponents to change their minds."palimpsest
    • The left conceded in 1981.palimpsest
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