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b_b  ·  4789 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The surprising psychology of those who disapprove of the Occupy Wall Street protests
Only tangentially related, but I came across this quote recently, and I think it speaks to the sea change that we've had in this country in the last several decades:

"Should any political party attempt to abolish Social Security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things, but their number is negligible and”–and the president says–”their number is negligible and they are stupid."

The reason I say it speaks to the dramatic shift in people's view of social justice is that this isn't from Huey Long or FDR; it was Dwight Eisenhower. Can you imagine a GOP leader espousing this today?!