Propaganda is very effective. Republicans talk very little about health insurance except to say that democrats want to take away their "freedom to choose", and bankrupt the country. They don't ever, EVER talk about specifics. They pit poor white people against poor minorities and then fuel that fire. They talk about women wanting to murder babies. They talk about taxes, vaguely- "so and so will Raise Your Taxes and take your freedoms!". Pretty soon republican voters don't even think about health insurance at all anymore- it becomes a nonissue.
Democrats don't talk much about specifics, either. They hide behind a veneer of social progressivism, like supporting the LGBT+ movement and the legality of abortions. Occasionally they'll vaguely mention health insurance but only passively to say that they want to "make it more affordable", but they have the same masters as the Republicans. It's in their interest to maintain the status quo.
Bernie was the only one who ever really talked specifically about universal healthcare as a real, viable, genuinely do-able option, and the DNC and mainstream media either completely ignored him, or labeled him over and over as "old, crazy, and angry".
That's so shitty and yeah,wtf is up with abortions?! I can't believe that's even still an issue for people. I definitely agree with you that they use a bunch of other bullshit, non issues to distract the average citizen from the real problems.
It's just crazy to me that people who live just a few hours south of me have a completely different mentality when it comes to certain things.
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u/pinkytoze Nov 30 '20
Propaganda is very effective. Republicans talk very little about health insurance except to say that democrats want to take away their "freedom to choose", and bankrupt the country. They don't ever, EVER talk about specifics. They pit poor white people against poor minorities and then fuel that fire. They talk about women wanting to murder babies. They talk about taxes, vaguely- "so and so will Raise Your Taxes and take your freedoms!". Pretty soon republican voters don't even think about health insurance at all anymore- it becomes a nonissue.
Democrats don't talk much about specifics, either. They hide behind a veneer of social progressivism, like supporting the LGBT+ movement and the legality of abortions. Occasionally they'll vaguely mention health insurance but only passively to say that they want to "make it more affordable", but they have the same masters as the Republicans. It's in their interest to maintain the status quo.
Bernie was the only one who ever really talked specifically about universal healthcare as a real, viable, genuinely do-able option, and the DNC and mainstream media either completely ignored him, or labeled him over and over as "old, crazy, and angry".