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46. Nobody at the time would listen to criticisms of Social Darwinism, Anarchy

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Sat Dec 17, 2022, 05:10 PM

Dec 2022

survival-of-the-fittest, Ayn Randian dystopia. All such truths were dismissed as bunk.

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What the Final Stage of Reaganism Looks Like, Thom Hartmann [View all] applegrove Dec 2022 OP

I get his newsletter in my email. He is on top of issues and has the best discussions. Deuxcents Dec 2022 #1

You can get the Sirius app if you have an account and hear him on your smart phone or tablet also kimbutgar Dec 2022 #29

Thanks..now that's a plan 🙏 Deuxcents Dec 2022 #31

Yet it was the middle class "Reagan Democrats" who loved him and elected him. halfulglas Dec 2022 #2

Bingo! BaronChocula Dec 2022 #6

Yep. And he said like the actor he was sounding so sincere and sounding reasonable. halfulglas Dec 2022 #24

"healthy buck waiting in line to pay for a T-bone with food stamps" heckles65 Dec 2022 #47

Albanian Leks BaronChocula Dec 2022 #65

PATCO was pro-Reagan. Gore1FL Dec 2022 #12

AND DENVERPOPS Dec 2022 #18

I've heard this before uponit7771 Dec 2022 #21

Holy crap. I remember my parents telling us kids that exact line! Beartracks Dec 2022 #42

Nailed it republianmushroom Dec 2022 #3

He is right hydrolastic Dec 2022 #4

yeah but he was "folksie" Takket Dec 2022 #5

Leaps in technology accelerated the process ... Auggie Dec 2022 #7

And the rise in machine-learning (expert systems, AI) to remove need for human workers. erronis Dec 2022 #27

Or as Charles Pierce calls it, "prion disease from eating the monkey brains" during Reagan's admin Hekate Dec 2022 #8

I couldn't agree more. Reagan the black hearted. Joinfortmill Dec 2022 #9

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2022 #10

De rien Oncle Joe. applegrove Dec 2022 #16

it absolutely disgusted me how many Americans fell for Reagan's con Skittles Dec 2022 #11

MAN-oh-MAN, what you said, Skittles! calimary Dec 2022 #52

I was very young Skittles Dec 2022 #53

In 1981 my college roommate pretty much predicted this StClone Dec 2022 #13

Wingnuts idolize Reagan and keep trying to "polish the turd"/ Snarkoleptic Dec 2022 #14

Wow. That is quite something. applegrove Dec 2022 #17

OUCH!! halfulglas Dec 2022 #25

crapitalism + the rise of the .01% ultra rich. pansypoo53219 Dec 2022 #15

Two pivotal moments that shaped our world today nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #19

K & R...nt Wounded Bear Dec 2022 #20

It always seemed irrational to me when Reagan would say government was the problem dlk Dec 2022 #22

Reagan did away with the Fairness Doctrine FakeNoose Dec 2022 #23

This 👆🏼 UpInArms Dec 2022 #33

Great post, applegrove. JudyM Dec 2022 #26

Reagan should be vilified, but too many historians still write positively of his presidency. Lonestarblue Dec 2022 #28

At the end of the day, he was fortunate enough to be on watch when the Soviet Union imploded GopherGal Dec 2022 #40

No, he gave a speech - CIA Pappy Bush was on watch during the demise of USSR Hestia Dec 2022 #43

If Hartmann is concerned that America (like Russia) is heading towards Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #30

Could you elaborate on this?? packman Dec 2022 #32

From Wikipedia: Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #34

I did read RT.com in the beginning and thought it provided some different viewpoints. erronis Dec 2022 #36

He was there for 7 years. No one was under any illusion about the purpose of RT Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #38

Maybe you should read Thom's Wiki. SalviaBlue Dec 2022 #44

I don't slander him. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #45

Post removed Post removed Dec 2022 #54

Putin paid his salary. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #55

Thanks for this reminder to add Thom to my RSS feed reader. erronis Dec 2022 #35

Hartmann is spot-on. Kid Berwyn Dec 2022 #37

1980 was a bad year there's also Thatcher in the UK. JanMichael Dec 2022 #39

the year I turned 21 ShepKat Dec 2022 #41

Nobody at the time would listen to criticisms of Social Darwinism, Anarchy bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #46

Reagan bought his election orthoclad Dec 2022 #48

It far precedes Reagan orthoclad Dec 2022 #49

Brilliant nt duhneece Dec 2022 #50

Reading this, I realized how much I've been missing Thom Hartmann. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2022 #51

KNR and bookmarking. niyad Dec 2022 #56

applegrove............. Upthevibe Dec 2022 #57

Thank Hartmann for putting it all sp perfectly together. applegrove Dec 2022 #58

KnR Hekate Dec 2022 #59

Reagan did it with a Democratic House for both of his terms. MichMan Dec 2022 #60

Reagan and Tip O'Neal Tickle Dec 2022 #62

+1 leftstreet Dec 2022 #64

Their seemed to be a lot of wealth Tickle Dec 2022 #61

When will it end? LeftInTX Dec 2022 #63