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moniss

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2. Well said

Reply to FailureToCommunicate (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 11:23 PM

Mar 27

and people need to remember that we have seen before the concentration of wealth in the hands of the few and those few having outsized control over the elected officials and the courts. The Gilded Age set the scene for so much misery in this country.

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How Billionaire's Privilege is Taking Down Our Republic [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 27 OP

Well, that billionaire has a LOT of help, from his supporters and congressional lackeys, to... FailureToCommunicate Mar 27 #1

Well said moniss Mar 27 #2

And, we learned absolutely nothing. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Mar 28 #6

Cohen sent to Rikers Island? LastDemocratInSC Mar 27 #3

To be fair, he hasn't got away with a lot of those as yet. Ligyron Mar 28 #4

If Chump couldn't win in 2020, when he was holding all the cards FakeNoose Mar 28 #7

Don't count your chickens LiberalLovinLug Mar 28 #12

We shouldn't forget the oligarchs even as we stop their tools from getting in office. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 28 #5

If our oligarchs want to see the future RussBLib Mar 28 #8

Each thinks he or she is special, immune, and invulnerable. Ego. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 28 #10

Trump isn't the only billionaire trying to take the country down. Lonestarblue Mar 28 #9

First thing we do, ... hire all the lawyers. Like the miltary, ATC, judges, police they are too important to be private Dorn Mar 28 #11