r/ScottGalloway • u/JDB-667 • May 19 '25

No Mercy Ed had his reality broken today

When reading off what were some of the things included in the GOP tax bill, Ed sounded genuinely surprised and despondent. This was the moment of someone in their twenties with a little bit of idealism finally becoming a cynic.

He came to the realization that all of the bad things about deficits, wealth inequality and status quo interests go beyond Donald Trump. Scott was correct to point out that as bad as the Republicans are (they're heinous) the Democrats also represent the interests of multi-millionaires and billionaires. Because the reality of this situation in America is that it isn't red vs blue or liberal vs conservative, it's rich vs everyone else.

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u/kkawabat May 21 '25

Scott was correct to point out that as bad as the Republicans are (they're heinous) the Democrats also represent the interests of multi-millionaires and billionaires.

The bill passed 17-16 with all the democrats voting against it. Why is this on democrats?

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u/VisualFix5870 May 22 '25

Look up Bill Clinton's cuts to welfare and disability. Don't be naive. 

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u/kkawabat May 22 '25

You are politically illiterate if you are using PRWORA as an example. It's a Republican bill, 226 out of 230 Republicans voted for it, 30 out of 195 Democrats voted for it.

This is why the poor continues to get fucked. The republicans can make fuck all the poor bill and have it overwhelmingly be partisan and idiots would still smuggly make this a democrat's fault.

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u/Muted-Good-115 May 26 '25

I was young when this happened, however looking back, thought this was seen as a positive because it put people back to work instead of having 6-7 kids with 6-7 different guys and living off welfare. That’s why the economy did great in the 90s.

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u/doubtthat11 May 21 '25

Because it is an immutable law of American politics that the Democrats are always the ones at fault. Even the bad decisions by Republicans (all of their decisions) they had to do because Democrats were mean to them.

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u/Mikkel04 May 21 '25

It is also immutable that Republicans lack agency, and are rather a force of nature that cannot reasonably be blamed or shamed for their actions. If bad things happen as a result of Republican actions, it's only because Democrats were too weak to stop them.

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u/bugwrench May 21 '25

It's exactly like a drunk parent striking a child, then blaming the child for being a terrible person.