Actually, both Democrat and Republican "leaders" (elites, I'd call them) want us to bow down to both business and government. Only their pretenses and methods differ. In my opinion, Democrats tend to be smarter and more subtle about it, and they throw the average person a lot more crumbs, and so society gets to be a lot more stable. The Democratic Party figured out a long time ago that the best way to control the poor is to pretend to care about them and to give them stuff, but not enough stuff to change the balance of power much. This is smart, and it eventually has consequences that are probably unintended and good for everyone. In the meantime, the weasels in charge make a lot of crooked bucks.
The Republicans, on the other hand, are basically Marie Antoinette these days, with a dash of Hirohito. Eisenhower would puke. I honestly think they're stupid enough to think they can grab grab grab without the peasants eventually hoisting them all on pitchforks.
But this thread wasn't supposed to be about bashing Republicans. It was supposed to be about Republicans wandering into hilarious lethal situations. I think we can all agree that that's a good thing.
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