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To: thoughtomator
Liberty was traded away for security.

For dependence, I would say.

Though we are probably speaking of the same thing.

13 posted on 05/28/2016 2:47:50 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Fightin Whitey

Democrats were happy to trade it away for economic security, and Republicans were happy to trade it away for physical security. These are the basic motivations for the Devil’s bargain during the Bush years where the Democrats got their welfare programs and the Republicans got their wars. Nothing really changed in that bargain after Obama came to town, either - it seems to still hold.


15 posted on 05/28/2016 2:55:59 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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