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MadameButterfly

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39. That is the best explanation I've ever seen for what is going on,

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 10:43 AM

Jun 4

for what we are facing, and why we have to do something about it.

We are worried that Trump wants to be a king. But he is old, demented, and will die. Hopefully his cult will die with him. Hopefull democracy will not die first.
But the oligarchs who are using him to get their way, who are not even on the ballot, want an iron lock on everybody's future. Because their greed and sense of entitlement is unlimited. Who has that much wealth and yearns for more at any cost, unable to conceive of the joy that could come from using their power to do good in the world?

I used to think the old fantasies like Lord of the Rings, The High King, Star Wars, etc. with their Dark Lords was an exxageration. I truly didn't believe such evil existed. I have changed my mind.

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Bernie Sanders is on CNN NOW......and he's got new glasses........he is saying the US population should get at least [View all] a kennedy Jun 2 OP

I wish politicians were smarter about bubbles WSHazel Jun 2 #1

Really? MadameButterfly Jun 2 #3

I will try, but I recommend Ed Zitron WSHazel Jun 3 #23

could you include a link, please? rurallib Jun 3 #26

Here is one link, there are many more WSHazel Jun 3 #28

THanks. This is fascinating MadameButterfly Jun 3 #31

Nvidia Betty Boom Jun 2 #5

In 1998, a broker gave me similar advice DFW Jun 3 #14

I've purchased other stock over the years, but never had one go as crazy as this one did Betty Boom Jun 3 #19

It's a spectator sport for me as well DFW Jun 3 #20

Capital gains tax in Germany (Kapitalertragsteuer ie KESt) Celerity Jun 3 #32

I wouldn't have had the patience to look that up, so tack skall du ha! DFW Jun 4 #34

If we had listened to Bernie in the first place we wouldn't be in this mess. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2 #2

I think too many people listening to Sanders in the first place is why we are in this mess to begin with. W_HAMILTON Jun 3 #13

If only Harry Reid hadn't been able to talk Sanders out of primarying Obama in 2012. betsuni Jun 3 #17

Exactly mvd Jun 3 #15

Yep nt Rob H. Jun 3 #27

50% isn't enough if they steal my work MadameButterfly Jun 2 #4

Adapt. Adjust Betty Boom Jun 2 #6

My cannonball factory has been pretty slow for a while now.....BUT AZ8theist Jun 3 #10

Replacing old inventions with new inventions MadameButterfly Jun 3 #30

There is no such thing as original anything Betty Boom Jun 3 #33

If that was true, we'd all still be scratching our asses staring at a blank cave wall. meadowlander Jun 4 #35

That is the best explanation I've ever seen for what is going on, MadameButterfly Jun 4 #39

Originality, influence, and innovation Betty Boom Jun 4 #45

Innovation is an artist (or inventor, or...) responding to art that exists, and creating something new MadameButterfly Jun 5 #48

We could have an interesting conversation about Picasso.... CTyankee Jun 4 #37

We likely could Betty Boom Jun 4 #44

What if AI is doing what artists have always done? Betty Boom Jun 4 #46

Artists being influenced by art that has come before MadameButterfly Jun 4 #38

Thanks for your thought-provoking and rational response Betty Boom Jun 4 #43

Once AGI is better than humans at all labor that generates value in a capitalist society, there is no job to adjust to. meadowlander Jun 4 #36

50% of a negative number is a negative number WSHazel Jun 3 #29

Andrew Yang was ahead of his time. Emile Jun 2 #7

Boy was he ever! calimary Jun 2 #8

OMG....WANG/Sanders!!!!!! Seriously....2028!!!!! a kennedy Jun 3 #12

Wang/Sanders 2028. a kennedy Jun 3 #16

Financing shouldn't be hard to obtain for an Independent run DFW Jun 3 #21

Sorry, but remember he's not a Democrat gulliver Jun 3 #9

you really need to get over that MadameButterfly Jun 4 #40

I'll give your advice about what I need to get over... gulliver Jun 4 #42

I do not have any good answers to any of this. I used to tell people if you state of stupid Jun 3 #11

You don't think robots can fix robots? Emile Jun 3 #22

Yes, there is no doubt that can be done. I also wonder at what point we have to state of stupid Jun 3 #25

That's the problem MadameButterfly Jun 4 #41

We shoudl set up a basic income Matthew28 Jun 3 #18

This has been coming since the 1980s. Blue Full Moon Jun 3 #24

A 50 percent tax is only slightly more than half of the taxes upon the richest people in this country Jack Valentino Jun 4 #47