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[–]BEB 24 insightful - 4 fun24 insightful - 3 fun25 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

While I one billion percent agree that the Democrats have sold women down the trans river with the Equality Act and similar local and state legislation, the GOP's policies, especially their economic policies, cause immeasurable harm to women.

And I don't know if anyone cares about food safety standards, clean water and clean air, but the current GOP very starkly does not. Some of the Republicans used to, before they became complete slaves to their corporate overlords - for instance Republican president Nixon started the Environmental Protection Agency, but now, Trump is gutting our safety standards and we will all, especially the kids, pay for it.

If I had to pinpoint when the American dream started to die, it would be during Ronald Reagan's term. And every GOP president since has chipped away at the middle and working class while playing identity politics, which the Democrats often hand them in spades, like with the Democrats' slavish devotion to gender ideology at the expense of women's rights and safety.

To quote our President and Philosopher-in-Chief:

Sad

[–][deleted] 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There have been democrat presidents since Reagan though. They haven’t done anything to change the status qui either.

[–]MarkTwainiac 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In response to Reaganism, the Democratic party completely changed. Head honchos in the Dem party decided the best way to fight the Reaganites was to become more like them. Which is how Bill Clinton ended up being pre-selected by the party powers as the Dem candidate for POTUS in '92.

When Clinton was in power, the Dems abandoned the US working class for "globalism" benefitting multinational corporations and instituted policies that demonized African Americans and promoted mass incarceration of black American males in particular.

By the time Obama became POTUS, the Dems had become the party of Wall Street fat cats, Hollywood mucky mucks and the insurance industry. Matt Taibbi and many others have written a number of written books detailing what happened and why.

[–]BEB 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think this might be too off topic, so I'll just say that I harsh both parties when they deserve it - like the Democrats becoming gender lobby cultists at the expense of women's rights. But in this case the current GOP is terrible about helping anyone but the super-wealthy. Like the 0.1%

Also, there are really good books on "Reaganomics" and they'd be worth a read. Especially now when Trumponomics might just drive most of us into terrible poverty.

[–]denverkris 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly. Imo they're both shite at this point.