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ellenrr

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6. Hi "Joe", ... well..I'm not sure we should use the Old Left as a model,

Mon Jan 5, 2015, 07:56 AM

Jan 2015

I don't think they were successful.
maybe you disagree.

I think that would did in the old left was the propaganda machine.

And the propaganda machine of yore has morphed into the "culture wars" of the '60's which continue today.
It is easy to point to bankers, cops, etc as the "enemy" but really the
"great unwashed masses" are the obstacle to change.

The ones who watch Karshians and survival reality show.
The ones who let the Earth and its creatures struggle for survival and die.

well... that is my morbid thought for the day lol.
happy new Year anyway.

(sometimes I think I should keep my yap shut if I have nothing constructive to say, other times I think I should share the 'wisdom of my years', FWIW.)

I always enjoy reading your thoughts.

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