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The current appeal to morals and values is a facade. It's the result of a well-orchestrated plan to make some people very, very rich. The plot is as old as the hills:

A relatively small, influential group of people quietly organize a shift in power. This time around, the Group chose to manipulate the republican party simply because its pro-business, anti-regulation, anti-tax platform closely matched the environment needed for their business interests to prosper. The Group hand-selected and supported younger, idealistic republican candidates who were hungry for the prestige and perquisites that come with elected office. The Group encouraged platform changes which generated sufficient controversy to keep the public distracted from the underlying scheme.

The Group carefully studied the behavior of voters, mounted campaigns to create "issues" for them to identify with and rally around, then urged them to respond with money and votes to put their selected candidates into office.

The Group positioned the campaign to convince everyone to believe the shift is about morals and values, but it's really about money and power. Citizens believe they're doing the right thing. Most have no idea they're being used as pawns. The few that do are content to ride the gravy train until it runs out of gas. Once that happens, those who benefit the most will be set for life. The rest will wake up in a year or three and discover the bill they and their children are going to pay.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
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