Comments by "Animal Farm" (@animalfarm7467) on "After Trump: How Do We Heal Our Country?" video.

  1. Hartmann would have you believe all will be well when Trump is gone from office. He would like you to forget that Clinton brought in NAFTA; deregulated Wall Street, and stripped much of the social security safety-net away from the people. All with the help of the Koch funded Democratic Leadership Council and the Clinton-Gore "New Democrat" "Third Way". Then we had Obama who refused to prosecute the Iraq war criminals "Don't look back"; failed to prosecute the Banksters that stole trillions from the American people; started nine new imperial wars and continued Bush's imperial wars while trying to sell Obamacare written by lobbyists for the benefit of Wall Street. Maybe it's time the majority learned the makeup of the political stratification in the US. I would like to start with the name change of Democratic Party to Liberal Democratic Party so as to differentiate them from the Progressive movement. First there are the Neoliberal-Neoconservative Republicans; these have the same political goals as the Neoliberal-Neoconservative Liberal Democrats except the Liberal Democrats feign interest in the working class and use identity politics to differentiate themselves from their bipartisan cohorts in crime. Political differentiation is important as it gives the illusion of choice. Unlike the Liberal Democrats, the Republicans are rather honest in their intent. Neglecting the Trump primary deception, the Republicans don't pretend to consider the working class or the poor; they revel in their attempts to introduce Malthusian-Eugenic Darwinian Capitalism and exploiting those who need a religious crutch, food to eat, and shelter. And secretly the Liberal Democrats are with them all the way to the bank. Then we have the “Progressive”. The label of “Progressive” has been so badly corrupted I don’t know where to start. Sometimes Hartmann describes himself as progressive while he attempts to sell you Pelosi who is for imperial wars, the interests of Wall Street and is silent on Medicare for All; Hartmann also tries to sell you on individuals such as the Wall Street puppet and Chair of the DNC, Tom Perez. To many, this deception of conflating “Progressive” with “Liberal” should be obvious, but far too many who haven’t been paying attention to current events still believe they are synonyms. Nothing could be further from the truth! The second most accurate description I have ever heard for a “Liberal” is as a “Political Ratchet”. A Political Ratchet is sometimes known as the “Ratchet Effect on American Politics” and is used to ensure Wall Street always wins. To benefit Wall Street, the Liberal Democrats are in bed with the Republicans to continually move the Overton window to the right. The Liberals may feign outrage at some Republican policy but as the Republicans retreat, the Democrats give a little ground. Yes, this death of a thousand cuts is an excellent strategy to deceive the population over decades. Even Obama admits his policies thirty years ago would have been considered moderate Republican. And the last major role of the Liberal Democrats is to feign progressivism with their Trump rants and feign support of the “Minorities” through their identity politics. The most accurate description I have ever heard for a “Liberal” Democrat is someone feigning as being of the people while conspiring with the Republicans to ensure the Real Progressives never take power. So I hope you can tell the difference between a Progressive and a Liberal. Examples of Real Progressives are Chris Hedges and Max Blumenthal and examples of Liberals are Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, and yes, Hartmann . If you read his work, even Charles Koch describes himself as a “Liberal”. For anyone who believes the Democratic Party has ever been anything different, I suggest you research the demise of the most popular candidate Henry Wallace at the 1944 DNC convention. If you wish to go further into the history of the Democratic Party, may I suggest you read about the alliance between the Democrat William M. (Boss) Tweed and the Rail Robber Barons of the late 1800s.
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