There has never been a clearer signpost to the reality of American politics in my lifetime than this period in which we're living. This reality is that no matter how much racism and fake patriotism the conservatives who represent the conservative movement try to dress up in, the only thing that will ever matter to them is preserving the power of Wall Street to exploit average people.
To steal from them.
We all watched as Bush's corporate conservative economy crashed and burned, how the banks held our jobs for ransom and stole our retirements. Deregulation created a new Great Depression. Only time tested liberal government prevented it from happening.
But tonight's vote by the senate to go on permitting monopolies in the banking system has never made the political decision in America more clear. The political Left in this country are the only ones that stand for average people. It's the Left that is synonymous with the welfare of average people. It's not conservatism. It never has been.
