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Justice matters.

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21. Richest 0.00001% of the population that literally BUYS pols.

Reply to Swede (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 01:32 AM

Dec 2025

The poverty of close to half of the population barely living from paycheck to paycheck, and on credit cards for the rest, is not "the richest country in the world" at all...

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archive link Celerity Dec 2025 #13

Thank you BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 #14

just one part of the madness: Celerity Dec 2025 #17

Just one among many aspects of how blinkered they are is Emrys Dec 2025 #25

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Might as well drop the N from NSS berniesandersmittens Dec 2025 #7

The current world order has made the USA by far the richest country on the planet. And in history. Swede Dec 2025 #8

Richest 0.00001% of the population that literally BUYS pols. Justice matters. Dec 2025 #21

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I am still amazed Dan Dec 2025 #9

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Here's the PDF of the policy KewlKat Dec 2025 #15

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Here's a link to the WH document if anyone's interested berniesandersmittens Dec 2025 #33