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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
Of course it's a global economy and has been for decades. Once again we're stuck between progressives and preservatives. "Liberal" and "conservative" went out a long time ago but people are hitched to those wagons and don't think anything else can take over as they've been taken over.
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No one likes change and elections are a popularity contest these days, not about actually fixing real problems. The mob wants to hear a feel-good message and they're cool with it as long as that message also tells them where to lay blame for their failure. Bush is still being blamed for everything yet all the same people blaming Bush didn't mind buying the houses they couldn't afford, the cars they couldn't afford and taking vacations they couldn't afford.
The US has changed to radically in 100 years. From immigrants celebrating the American Dream, hard work and success to "hey, that asshole only has money because he took it from someone else". The biggest issues of the US are cultural, not things that will be changed with legislation and taxation.