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		ZeroGravitas 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US economy added just 22,000 jobs in August, unemp... I was just listening to 1981 song/poem "B Movie" by Gil Scott Heron about electing Ronald Reagan and found it sadly very timely. > The idea concerns the fact that this country wants nostalgia > They want to go back as far as they can-- > Even if it's only as far as last week > Not to face now or tomorrow, but to face backwards

dfxm12 5 months ago [–]

The Republican party has long held reactionary politics. You can barely describe them as conservative on most issues anymore.

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