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    Neither party wants to usurp capitalism, yet they are still wildly different and have wildly different values. The left is far more likely to tax the wealthy than the right is.

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        Well most Americans don’t want to usurp capitalism either, most of us on the left just want public health care and a viable social safety net, and a more equitable economy for everyone, not just those at the top. Something like the Nordic model which is still quite capitalist.

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          And look how the nordic countries also fall victim to far right parties. Just like the rest of Europe.

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      The largest donors to the dems (and cons) are massively wealthy people.

      If they do tax the rich, there will be holes

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          I mean the supposed “good guy” president is currently giving tons of weapons to help people kill a bunch of innocent babies, so you can miss me with that shit

          Are we supposed to go Yay, the economy is doing great so we will forgive all the fucking innocent, people you’re killing?

          I shouldn’t have to say this, but you don’t support anyone at all who wants to commit genocide.

          At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how any fucking thing else goes, if they are supporting, killing, innocent babies

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            This tired argument again. So what’s your proposal? Throw away your vote on a 3rd party candidate this election cycle? Not vote?

            So if Trump wins, do you honestly believe things would be better? Nothing will change in Israel, except we’d have all sorts of new humanitarian problems across the globe.

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              If Biden loses, it will be because not enough people were convinced to vote for him. So if dems want to prevent a Trump presidency, the smart move probably would be (or would have been, maybe, since y’all think it’s too late) for Biden to step down and endorse a Dem who has not openly supported Israel’s current campaign. That is, if they think that those voters are necessary to win. If they think those voters can be written off and they’ll still win, let 'em try. No politician is owed a vote simply because they are the incumbent, though. Nor are they owed the votes of people who are displeased with their work. They hoping that everyone will just fall in line on election day. What if that doesn’t happen? Do you think the future of our country is something that octogenarians should be gambling with?

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                Same naive or shill arguments. Look beyond your hatred of Biden and see what is at stake with a Trump presidency.

                Unfortunately the support for Israel is common across most of our elected representatives for better or worse. I’m all for trying to get someone more progressive and younger in as the Democrat candidate, but the reality is that it will almost certainly be Biden vs Trump. Given that reality, voting 3rd party or not voting will only help Trump, so unless that’s your plan, that is in effect what will happen.

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                  I can do that too: LoOk bEyOnD YoUr FeAr Of TrUmP.

                  Would love to know who I’m shilling for. They owe me money.

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            Thanks for the citation, marginal income tax rates going down for the highest percentage is an interesting data point, but It hardly refutes my point as there is no analysis there regarding which party those changes came from. I think there was a northwestern study that showed that politicians in general care about issues that wealthy people care about that would better illustrate your point, but I think both of these are more examples of regulatory capture and a system that requires donors to elect candidates, than it is evidence that the left and right share values.

            My statements that the left is far more likely to tax the wealthy, and that they have wildly different values still stand.

            I’m a troll because I asked you for more information to understand your ambiguous claim? Yeah okay pal. 🙄

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              You’re a troll because you’re still pretending not to know documented history. You know each of those tax rates had years net to them. Guess what you could do if you had an iota of curiosity in you…

              The US democratic party is just as happy to cut taxes for the rich as the republican party. They’re also just as happy to cut spending on social welfare programs.

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                I can’t read your mind, unpleasant one, nor am I aware of all of documented history/historical data despite what you might think of me. Hence, asking for more information.

                The US democratic party is just as happy to cut taxes for the rich as the republican party. They’re also just as happy to cut spending on social welfare programs.

                Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Look at what they vote for and you will see a noticeable difference between Democrats and Republicans. Claims that both sides are the same are simply not true.

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                  nor am I aware of all of documented history/historical data

                  Then don’t make claims about which party does what. It’s that simple. You made the claim, now you say you aren’t aware of easily found data. Vibes don’t really change facts.