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In reply to the discussion: Go ahead and attack me, but the defeatism on this site is out of control [View all]usonian
(15,089 posts)Social Security and Medicare being tops.
But, while not advocating violence ever, I see a lot of determination not to leave this country and world in shambles.
I used to visit my grandmother's house, and her three sons were in different branches of the service in WWII. I read some of their leftovers. "The Flying Fortress", "How to make a foxhole radio" and "The Bluejacket's Manual". I later got one of my own, paperback of course, in the Coast Guard.
I also got a copy of "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", not sure how and when, but I have always hated tyrants, and loved compassionate works.
Being a techie, I have unfailingly argued for technology that empowers and liberates people, even and especially when it gets in the hands of sociopaths.
They won't be riding so high when tariffs and the crash of the AI bubble take away billions.
Adlai Stevenson supposedly said "Eggheads of the World, unite. You have nothing to lose but your yolks" And Reagan is rumored to have said, "You can't make an omelette without cracking some skulls."
Seniors, RAISE CANE!