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In reply to the discussion: Just Sit There Passively [View all]
Attilatheblond
(6,225 posts)28. It's been a class war all along. The race thing has always been a distraction so the rich can keep winning.
I am truly sorry your son and his family are so bad off. I fear the economy will get worse with GOP in charge, and so the 'economic draft' will likely swell the ranks of the military the rich will depend on to protect their asses from the masses.
Maybe the Elon Musk-i-vites don't recall how the Soviet Army refused to shoot their mothers and grandmothers no so long ago.
Much as I miss my husband, I am glad he did not live beyond the first 3 months of Trump's first administration. Pretty sure I am unlikely to make it thru TCF's second. Also pretty sure TCF won't either.
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It's a weird and perverse bit of poetry that the 'leaders' who say they will get tough on our Asian trading partners
Attilatheblond
Dec 2024
#1
It's been a class war all along. The race thing has always been a distraction so the rich can keep winning.
Attilatheblond
Dec 2024
#28
Rich kid Luigi M never had to worry about healthcare either. Hell, his family profited from nursing homes.
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#2
Looks like he had treatment to me, his xrays show pins in his spine. Those don't always produce pain-free results,
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#26
And maybe he is just like the unibomber or Timothy McVeigh, found a rationale to shoot someone in the back.
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#33
He has spondylolisthesis. (Slipped vertrebrae) He was on reddit and said his surgery was a success.
LeftInTX
Dec 2024
#57
Even single-digit millionaires aren't safe from losing everything to healthcare bills.
dawg
Dec 2024
#3
Their own healthcare bills..or their loved ones' healthcare bills...or their loved ones' job losses...
lostnfound
Dec 2024
#27
Is your level of miscomprehension truly so deep or are you merely pretending to not understand
Maru Kitteh
Dec 2024
#7
You can share it now on Bluesky. Just cut and paste the OP url into a Bluesky post you make
Celerity
Dec 2024
#8
"Those who make peaceful change impossible, make violent change inevitable."
eppur_se_muova
Dec 2024
#31
"And until we can find politicians who won't sell out for a cut of those profits, we won't see change."
OldBaldy1701E
Dec 2024
#58
They also don't have to dodge bullets from their promulgated gun violence.
live love laugh
Dec 2024
#35
The CEO was being investigated for insider trading and fraud. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey
Autumn
Dec 2024
#50
Gotta love the bootlicking, shaftsucking shitestains supporting the CEO. Abuser apologists.
Hellbound Hellhound
Dec 2024
#45
People are pissed. People are scared. An administration getting ready to take over who are
Autumn
Dec 2024
#52
"We already have death panels. They're called insurance companies." Alan Grayson FL
Evolve Dammit
Dec 2024
#61