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Originally Posted by 2Stonedbirds
I don't doubt the US and their people are facing some serious issues, but this thread illustrates perfectly how easy it is for people to buy into the BS that their team is their team and the other side (whoever they may be) is simply evil. Doesn't help that the same small groups of billionares influencing public policy are also those that influence/own the media.
When you control the message...
"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses."
Malcolm X
It's too bad the US will not see a 3rd party take power. The US could get away from their Bush/Clinton dynasties and Fox news and MSNBC wouldn't have anything to talk about.
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As said, I pick my poison.
As for being evil, I'd rate the right as 90% self serving liars and I'd call that close to evil when they are supposed to be serving their country instead of their own quest for power and money. Maybe a guy like Huckabee is a true believer, but I don't pay enough attention to him as I don't like his beliefs in the first place.
As for the left they are probably 60-70% self serving most of the time with people on both sides caught up in the game where they need to sell themselves in order to get elected no matter their personal morals. On the left I like Bernie Sanders. I like his politics and I don't see him as being bought and sold.