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OldBaldy1701E

(7,960 posts)
58. "And until we can find politicians who won't sell out for a cut of those profits, we won't see change."
Wed Dec 11, 2024, 08:37 AM
Dec 2024

Yeah, we have some serious deprogramming to do before we can hope to find more than one or two non greed-driven American. I am not saying that there are none. I am saying that those folks would never get the chance to be in a position like that because Big Business would never allow them to hold the position of Dog Catcher, much less get into a position where they would oppose those same greedy animals. And, we are a defacto oligarchy, so Big Business always gets their way in the end.

If you want to change the world, you have to change the people on it first. We did not get to where we are socially and politically because of greedy and soulless trees. No evil deity suddenly appeared and made us evil like him. We did this to ourselves. And, because it has not changed yet, we can see that there is a massive amount of deprogramming to do.

Either that, or we like things like they are. Which tells me more about us as a nation than any propaganda could hope to obfuscate.

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Just Sit There Passively [View all] angrychair Dec 2024 OP
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
I have seen this directly affecting my children. FirstLight Dec 2024 #23
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
As Bernie said, you don't have freedom if you don't have MadameButterfly Dec 2024 #55
No worries, Attilatheblond Dec 2024 #60
Hear, hear! SalamanderSleeps Dec 2024 #36
But most of the people who are mad as hell and can't take it anymore MadameButterfly Dec 2024 #56
Rich kid Luigi M never had to worry about healthcare either. Hell, his family profited from nursing homes. Silent Type Dec 2024 #2
Guilt is a powerful motivator nt Bobstandard Dec 2024 #12
It looks like he was denied treatment Tweedy Dec 2024 #22
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
Maybe ? Tweedy Dec 2024 #30
"Maybe he met others...." TommyT139 Dec 2024 #32
I can too Tweedy Dec 2024 #62
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
I have done so. Tweedy Dec 2024 #63
I'm sure he got the best care LeftInTX Dec 2024 #47
He needed to read Dr. John Sarnos books MadameButterfly Dec 2024 #54
He has spondylolisthesis. (Slipped vertrebrae) He was on reddit and said his surgery was a success. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #57
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False Dichotomy TheProle Dec 2024 #4
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I comprehended it just fine TheProle Dec 2024 #9
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No such claim was made Cirsium Dec 2024 #34
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"I understand the frustration and sense of hopelessness in these situations." SunImp Dec 2024 #29
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THIS FirstLight Dec 2024 #37
"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
Seen post say shooter is mentally ill Blue Full Moon Dec 2024 #39
I'm in discussion elsewhere with someone who claims the CEO was innocent. intheflow Dec 2024 #40
The CEOs business is legal Linda ladeewolf Dec 2024 #46
The CEO was being investigated for insider trading and fraud. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey Autumn Dec 2024 #50
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Get angry. Get high blood pressure. Get a heart attack.... LeftInTX Dec 2024 #44
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I hope it starts waking people up to who the real bad guys are. Initech Dec 2024 #51
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