My friend replied to essentially the post immediately previous to this one (which was an email to him). In his reply, he pointed out that decades ago the major Parties had an inversion. They flipped certain beliefs & principles. The Repubs (in general) went from being anti-slavery to often being basically racist & against the poor today. The Dems (in general) went from essentially supporting slavery & the Uncle Tom era (some Dems were high up in the KKK) to being anti-racist and supportive of poor people. He ended by saying he knew what I was talking about in my first reply, but he was referring to the GOP now--- basically a mob-like crime family [at the highest levels], and that America was rotten to its core [again, at the highest levels]...due to unregulated capitalism. "Sad."
My reply is below.
...................................
Agreed, but the Dems did more than just get rid of racism in their ranks. The Establishment Dems eventually became Neoliberals, with very little difference between them & NeoCons when it comes to war, the economy, fiscal policy, monetary policy, foreign policy, the Financial Sector, Crony Capitalism, the broken Fed Justice System, the favoring of aristocrats, the War on Drugs, etc. In other words, the Establishment Dems became Corporatists. The Corporate Media refer to them as "Moderate Democrats". They aren't.
In reality, there are no Dems, Repubs, Liberals, or Conservatives anymore. They've been replaced by Neoliberals & NeoCons. The old terms are used as propaganda by the Corporate Media & the Parties to keep people stuck in the past and to keep them believing that the old values & groups of 60 yrs ago still are in the game. They aren't, they're gone. They've been replaced by the Neo- groups...all Corporatists.
Only Libertarians and Progressives have remained in place & true to their original characteristics...and each has little to no power in national electoral politics.
Calling the Powers-That-Be either Republicans, Democrats, Liberals, or Conservatives is a huge mistake in my opinion. Referring to a dog's tail as its fifth leg doesn't make it so. The only people with any significant power in Office today are either NeoCons or Neoliberals. They aren't anything like Repubs, Dems, Conservatives, or Liberals. Saying they are misleads Main Street, and makes Main Street easier to manipulate. Cognitive dissonance (& similar techniques), by way of Edward Bernays style propaganda--- that's how the Neo-groups have come to power/staged a Coup...by convincing people that they are the true-blue Parties of 60 or so years ago.
Main Street believes it because literally everyone keeps calling them Repubs, Dems, etc. They aren't. [Or, they are in name only.] It's all Orwellian, political Doublespeak ...& it worked like a charm. It's not about Repubs & Dems (or Conservatives & Liberals) anymore; they don't exist nowadays. [Even Chris Hedges has written & lectured about the "Death of the Liberal Class"; and the author of "The Conservative Mind", Russell Kirk, must be turning in his grave...given the people who are called "Conservatives" today. The same with Robert A. Taft.] Today, it's all about the Oligarchy & the rest of us. Until every adult (or at least a vast majority) on Main Street realizes that, we are all shafted. Sad, indeed.
..............................
Not only my opinion. Be Well
