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0 pointslotsofpulp7mo ago0 comments

Seems irrelevant to a discussion comparing US parties.

>Plus the fact that Dems talk about some of these doesn't mean they think they're going to happen

They literally got ACA passed by a hair, and were just shy of 2 Senate votes needed to enact all those policies I discussed in Biden's original BBB.

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ceejayoz7mo ago· 2 in thread

We're talking about a need for a party that no longer exists in the US. Why would we not look to similar examples out there in actual practice?

hatthew7mo ago

this thread comes from a provocative quip that the democrats are conservative, with no mention whatsoever of any context other than america

ceejayoz7mo ago

Here’s some American context: a ~3 minute video. Bush and Reagan, during the primaries, trying to win over Republicans, answering a question about immigration.

https://youtu.be/YsmgPp_nlok

That’s what American conservatism used to look like. Modern Dems talk a lot like that.

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