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Seeking Serenity

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24. I hate that the Party cozied up to the oligarchs -- Big Pharma, Big Banks, Big Money, etc

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 03:10 PM

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Hard to represent the interests of the "working classes" when you've snuggled up to those whose interests are antithetical to the lower classes.

Remember what Sen. Chuck Schumer said back in 2016 (I'm paraphrasing): For every working class vote we lose, we're picking up two upper middle class votes in the suburbs.

I don't get it.

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