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Yeehah

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36. The truth hurts

Sun Sep 13, 2020, 10:32 AM

Sep 2020

The USA is far from being "the greatest nation on Earth." We spend more on our military than the next several nations combined, which means our infrastructure and health care suffer. We can't have nice things because Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Raytheon, etc. are getting the bulk of our tax dollars.

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This is a hell of a paragraph: [View all] kpete Sep 2020 OP

Yes, it is. kentuck Sep 2020 #1

it is confounding howstupidmost americans are + how stupid white ones vote. media brainwashing pansypoo53219 Sep 2020 #2

Who wrote it? NT enough Sep 2020 #3

Farmer Jones? kentuck Sep 2020 #4

Right? I'd like to read this whole book/essay. n/t intheflow Sep 2020 #5

Link & worth the read from earlier this year: kpete Sep 2020 #7

Thanks for the link Auggie Sep 2020 #32

Thanks, kpete! intheflow Sep 2020 #34

David Bentley Hart muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #47

great description of the current U.S. state of affairs. peacebuzzard Sep 2020 #6

I reads like the secret modus operandi for Faux News FakeNoose Sep 2020 #8

yeah definitely some truth in those words... jimlup Sep 2020 #9

Author of linked article has recently tranlated NewTestament. Scholars say it is excellent! bobbieinok Sep 2020 #10

K&R! Solly Mack Sep 2020 #11

K & R mountain grammy Sep 2020 #12

It certainly IS a hell of a paragraph. Sad part is very few Americans will ever see it. A smaller dameatball Sep 2020 #13

The truth hurts Martin Eden Sep 2020 #14

i used to feel bad about dropping out of college. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #15

KNR and bookmarking. niyad Sep 2020 #16

Yes, it is. ancianita Sep 2020 #17

Explains why Americans keep voting against their own best self interest. Enoki33 Sep 2020 #18

For this reason anti democratic regimes take over or appalachiablue Sep 2020 #19

Propaganda DarleenMB Sep 2020 #20

K & Freaking R...nt N_E_1 for Tennis Sep 2020 #21

Kick dalton99a Sep 2020 #22

Another K&R Auggie Sep 2020 #23

So true karin_sj Sep 2020 #24

Thanks for posting. The entire article is well worth reading. Lonestarblue Sep 2020 #25

K&R 2naSalit Sep 2020 #26

More than a little truth in those words.... reACTIONary Sep 2020 #27

Pay Your Taxes DanieRains Sep 2020 #28

No kidding!!! calimary Sep 2020 #29

A very true paragraph. sinkingfeeling Sep 2020 #30

Very depressing young_at_heart Sep 2020 #31

Jaywalking Normanart Sep 2020 #44

Thought provoking article but assumes the nation, as a whole, thinks this way dlk Sep 2020 #33

Exactly, of which there are many. Silver1 Sep 2020 #55

America's goal has always been a more perfect union dlk Sep 2020 #61

Yeah Dios Mio Sep 2020 #59

Yeah Dios Mio Sep 2020 #60

The work of becoming a more perfect union continues dlk Sep 2020 #62

Yes there will! Silver1 Sep 2020 #64

largely the result of letting 1500 think tank coordinated radio stations certainot Sep 2020 #35

+1000 cayugafalls Sep 2020 #41

THIS. The toxic talk radio, voice of the wrong wing. calimary Sep 2020 #63

The truth hurts Yeehah Sep 2020 #36

K&R Blue Owl Sep 2020 #37

I've mentioned repeatedly about Americans living in a cocoon. Baked Potato Sep 2020 #38

How quickly we turned away from Marthe48 Sep 2020 #39

This is the product of republicans weakening the education system Escurumbele Sep 2020 #40

That last sentence.... renate Sep 2020 #42

Keep in mind that Joe Biden has been saying PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #43

Great food for thought ... as an informed socialist/left wingnut/progressive, Tommymac Sep 2020 #45

A hell of a paragraph indeed! BobTheSubgenius Sep 2020 #46

The general ignorance of many Americans is... 3catwoman3 Sep 2020 #48

Mother of God... this explains everything. ck4829 Sep 2020 #49

Most are happy living with their heads in the sand, then Ferrets are Cool Sep 2020 #50

I love it! PatrickforO Sep 2020 #51

"at least we knew when we were being lied to, Americans are oblivious" JanMichael Sep 2020 #52

Why were things designed like this? ecstatic Sep 2020 #53

Follow the Money! McKim Sep 2020 #58

Hell of a paragraph. Thanks! zentrum Sep 2020 #54

Commonweal is a good mag! burrowowl Sep 2020 #56

Spread Far and Wide McKim Sep 2020 #57

Kick Auggie Oct 20 #65