(Thanks, J. :)

Reader John writes:

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Re: blaming Democrats, Woke and BLM

Hi Hobie,

Many people are blaming Democrats, Woke and BLM, for many of the problems we face including the surge in illegal immigrants. But my look at history shows that they are only partly to blame. It is the right of center policies that are even more responsible.

The more important truth is that the behavior of the Democrats, the Woke, and BLM are symptoms of a larger rot in society. The larger rot is the engineered POOR HOUSE that we are in and the "ME,ME,ME" and "PROFITS,PROFITS,PROFITS" attitude of the last 40 years that led to this poor house. This society was going in a good direction in the 1960s and early 1970s. There was growing civil rights and greater openness and equality in society. But conservatives hit back. That was the start of talk radio beginning in the 1970s. In the 1980's, Rush Limbaugh became the king of talk radio and had 15 million daily listeners. The part time listeners number several times more (total around 60 million). These listeners and their family members total to at least half the population of this country! Imagine half the country being influenced by "me,me,me", "deregulate industries", "its my money", "there is no white racism so we should not have white guilt", "global warming is a scam", "liberals cause our problems", etc., etc.

Soon the compensations for CEO rose through the roof, while wages became stagnant. That is, the country turned from a middle class based society to one where wealth is channeled to the 1%. Democrat presidents such as Bill Clinton and Obama are so influenced by popular opinion that their policies are really right of center, no matter what you are told. Obama's 2 terms are often called the 3rd and 4th terms of the Bush administration. The Occupy Wall Street movement (the first Woke activity) in 2011 was squashed by Obama with nary a beep from the liberals.

Now times are even worse and young people, seeing no future and cannot afford housing, are supporting Woke and BLM. But then they are blamed for the rot in society!!! Yes, they contribute to the rot but the basic rot has already been accomplished by over 40 hears of right of center policies.

Please post!

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