Mario Cuomo's 1984 DNC speech, "A Tale of Two Cities."

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5. Dems today are not appeasing Republicans. They are doing what they see as being in their own

interests.

This may be simplistic, but it is not irrelevant: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12772162#post16


And not only are they getting away with it, but excuses galore are made for them and those who criticize them are the ones getting bashed and/or thrown under the bus. So, what ,exactly would be their incentive to change?

As I take look back on history, the times the ruling class of this country, be it comprised of plutocrats or oligarchs, has acted most strongly in favor of the 99% have been the times when they were in fear: right after the revolution they had a large role in fomenting, after the crash of 1929 (not very long after the Russian revolution) and, in the 1960s, when a coalition among the Civil Rights movements, the economic justice movement, and the anti-War movement looked as though it could form. Meanwhile, untold trillions, not to untold lives, limbs and minds, were spent by this nation and others to "prevent the spread of communism."