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they're so comically terrified of not just minorities and muslims, but that the future might involve slightly more taxes and something vaguely resembling regulatory accountability for their broadly unchecked wealth accumulation

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What's REALLY scary is that he is showing it can be done. No excuses. We could have had universal health care when it became a big talking point in the 90s (you can obviously argue sooner) if the reps had a spine and a real desire to help.

I think the fear is rooted in the understanding that the combination of taxing the wealthy and using the revenue to fund social services is actually incredibly popular both in theory and in practice. God forbid this catches on more broadly.

It’s because Conservatives live via comparison They’re not “winning” unless someone else is losing They’re literally “you can’t have nice things because then my nice things are with less to me”