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Bernardo de La Paz

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1. "They don't understand how the real world works"?

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 10:47 AM

Aug 2025

Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
ACA
CPB
Voting Rights act 1965
Same sex marriage
Public education
Biden helping Ukraine
FDR helping Britain
Clinton balancing the budget

I think those accomplishments indicate an understanding of how the real world works. If anyone doesn't understand how the real world works it is tRump and maga RepubliConners: Tariffs, huge deficits, $500 military hammers, moral panics, and much more including cruelty.

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Jamie Dimon Says "We'll See" on Mamdani (as Fellow Finance Titans Lose Their Minds) [View all] Celerity Aug 2025 OP

"They don't understand how the real world works"? Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #1

I don't think Jamie Dimon understands how the world in general works. haele Aug 2025 #2

+1 leftstreet Aug 2025 #3

Jamie Dimon and his ilk aocommunalpunch Aug 2025 #4

Dimon should have been tried for his Wall Street crimes. Passages Aug 2025 #5