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KPN

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41. Yeah, and they actually believe they deserve their wealth and power as in they earned it because of their personal

Reply to haele (Reply #40)

Sat Jan 31, 2026, 12:09 PM

Jan 2026

greatness.

We all here at DU somewhat jokingly fantasize about bringing out the guillotines, but the reality is there are so many wealthy who fit this description. "Guillotines" may indeed be an apt metaphor for what it will take to reverse the oligarchic trend usurping our democracy and a more equitable society in recent decades.

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Reducing everything Trump does to "It's to cover the Epstein files" [View all] drray23 Jan 2026 OP

X1000 thank you yorkster Jan 2026 #1

And when many of us were SCREAMING from the top of our lungs about PROJECT 2025? What happened? Moostache Jan 2026 #25

you double down, on the patently absurd stopdiggin Jan 2026 #31

Many things can be true at the same time. yorkster Jan 2026 #37

K&R demmiblue Jan 2026 #2

I believe the SCOTUS and much of congress are also complicit because even if they never touched an underage lindysalsagal Jan 2026 #3

Ding Ding Ding! harumph Jan 2026 #6

That's a broad brush EdmondDantes_ Jan 2026 #21

Yes. I think all the men who profited in any w ay from their associations will have the guilt of their actions lindysalsagal Jan 2026 #39

I think I'm gonna scream if I see one more post claiming some event is a distraction from the Epstein files. Ocelot II Jan 2026 #4

+1 leftstreet Jan 2026 #8

And his a$$ bdamomma Jan 2026 #10

a combination of sad fixation - added to a generous helping of plain old lazy and sloppy intellect stopdiggin Jan 2026 #32

Correct malaise Jan 2026 #5

yeah. i think he thinks he has it good and buried. mopinko Jan 2026 #7

DURec leftstreet Jan 2026 #9

100% Agree Prairie Gates Jan 2026 #11

You know it. Actually I think it could be backwards GusBob Jan 2026 #12

You missed one motivator Fiendish Thingy Jan 2026 #13

Exactly. llmart Jan 2026 #15

We're not just marching towards fascism... llmart Jan 2026 #14

Everything's at least a two-fer with this administration. Lars39 Jan 2026 #16

K&R Solly Mack Jan 2026 #17

Yes! Grumpy Old Guy Jan 2026 #18

I agree PatSeg Jan 2026 #19

Both can be true! PuraVidaDreamin Jan 2026 #20

Agree orangecrush Jan 2026 #22

Yep. We are well on the way to becoming a fascist oligarchy. n/t PatrickforB Jan 2026 #23

Equivalent (roughly) of Hitler's unaliving GF's JCMach1 Jan 2026 #24

I agree. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes shitty behavior is just shitty behavior. Tommy Carcetti Jan 2026 #26

💯 Agreed Six117 Jan 2026 #27

I agree. The Epstein distraction is just a side benefit like the frosting on the cake. KPN Jan 2026 #28

Epstein is a symptom of the real problem .. haele Jan 2026 #40

Yeah, and they actually believe they deserve their wealth and power as in they earned it because of their personal KPN Jan 2026 #41

Agree. But I don't think he's the one with the big picture. betsuni Jan 2026 #29

I honestly believe that the Epstein files are the distraction. Gaytano70 Jan 2026 #30

For me, in it's simpliest form, every thing he does is about accumulating power. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2026 #33

TRUMP WILL RUN Jimvanhise Jan 2026 #34

bankruptcy Jvp Jan 2026 #35

Russell Vought and the Heritage Foundation... returnee Jan 2026 #36

I agree. Over-simplification only makes it harder to reach the results we want. snot Jan 2026 #38

We're wasting a lot of energy gulliver Jan 2026 #42