• poopsmith@lemmy.ml
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    10 hours ago

    The most terrifying words from in the English language are: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”

    Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.

    – Senile retired actor mouthpiece for the ultra-wealthy

    • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Senile retired actor mouthpiece for the ultra-wealthy

      …who was voted in based on a single issue campaign. The anti-abortion-access movement convinced their flock that abortions were literally as bad as killing babies, and Falwell successfully created a voting block based on that one issue. That base didn’t realize it came with massive deregulation, and they weren’t smart or knowledgeable enough to care.

      Reagan was the beginning of the end. I was fourteen when he was elected.