I didn’t write this, @heartagree did.

But every single American needs to read it.

For those keeping score:

Number of Ebola cases entering the US in 2014: 2
Number of additional Ebola cases after it fully spread: 2
Number of Ebola deaths: 1

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# of Covid cases entering the US in 2020: 1
# of Covid cases 10 weeks into the spread: 370,000
Number of Covid deaths: 11,000

# of swine flu deaths under President Obama in the 2009-2010 season: 12k
# of days before Trump’s Covid deaths will eclipse 12,500: 1

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# of flu deaths under Trump in the 2017-2018 season: 80,000
# of years since we had 80,000 flu deaths in America: 40

# of times the stock market has crashed under Republican presidents: 4
# of times the stock market has crashed under Democratic presidents: 0

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# of Americans who drowned as a result of Bush’s incompetent Katrina response: 2k
# of times a Democratic president botched a flood response: 0

# of Americans who died on 9/11 as a result of Bush ignoring his PDB: 3k
# of times a Democratic president ignored a PDB: 0

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This isn’t funny.

It isn’t cute.

It’s not hyperbole.

It’s not vain partisan comparison.

It’s not coincidence.

These dramatic differences are rooted in real, tangible philosophical differences in the way Democrats and Republicans see the world.

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Democrats believe in the collective; the village; sister taking care of sister; brother taking care of brother.

Republicans believe in survival of the fittest; every person for himself or herself; reliance on others is a sign of weakness.

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Democrats believe government is us — we the people, instituted by us and elected by us to regulate and sustain the collective. We believe government is innately good; that it is necessary for the safe and orderly administration of society.

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Republicans believe government is an entity outside of the collective — an external force, foisted upon us by malicious actors who stand in the way of greed, selfishness, and unbridled ability to make money at any cost to society.

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Democrats believe more government is better; we believe regulations are necessary; we believe it is good to have government looking over the shoulder of society. We know, left to their own devices, corporations will literally shit in your drinking water.

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Republicans believe less government is better. The first thing Republican administrations do is cut regulations, remove corporate accountability, dog whistle to corporations they are free to pollute and cut corners.

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Inexplicably, the debate continues even though real life has shown us time & time again, that the Republican philosophy is empirically & provably an abject failure.

- Cree Hardegree

Thank you @heartagree, I hope everyone who reads this follows you.

You’re brilliant

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