General Discussion

The Republicans began the slow destruction of the middle class in America with the election of Reagan. Using their "southern strategy" to win over enough frightened white voters to swing the political pendulum in their favor. The results of which we are just coming to terms with. These major changes to our national identity have come about by the slimmest of election results.
We live in a country with the worst election participation in the free world. A minority of voters have been able to move the country far to the right while an even larger segment of the population has moved in the opposite direction.
It is voter apathy that has brought us to this point and it will be voter participation that changes the direction we have been moving. The most important thing your parents' generation achieved was passage of the voters rights act. Use it or lose it.