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posted 279 days ago by CanuckElhead 279 days ago by CanuckElhead +25 / -0

Left not to blame for rise of hard right politics | The Western Producer

During his defence of Donald Trump on page 14 of the Feb. 1 issue of The Western Producer, Robert Arnason accepts what his brother-in-law and the rest of

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– Assassin47 26 points 279 days ago +26 / -0

This article isn't worth reading, even archived, but here's the archive. https://archive.is/L0Gz1

My only response is...

The prime directive of governments has shifted from lifting people up to guaranteeing profits for big business, whether that happens to be seed development and ownership, starving education in favour of tax cuts for industry or killing medicare in order to pave the way for re-privatization. | Reuters photo

How is that a photo caption? Then of course there's the obvious regressive lie that "lifting people up" was meant to be the prime directive of government.

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– nuggetpatrol 9 points 278 days ago +9 / -0

"The nine most terrifying words in the english language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help" - Ronald Reagan

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– Benevolentdictator 5 points 278 days ago +5 / -0

I've never even heard of The Western Producer despite the claim that it's been in circulation since 1932.

I didn't make it passed the second sentence.

When I want hot Trump takes, I always listen to bloviating farmers from Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

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