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In reply to the discussion: Dear bed wetters, whiners, pearl clutchers, chicken littles, and other assorted disenchantees and scaredy cats [View all]PatrickforB
(15,205 posts)The suffering we will all endure can barely be imagined. The billionaires are literally flooding the race with money because they want tax cuts and deregulation. They have freakishly spent their lives amassing billions of dollars and they are still hungry for just a little more.
This republic is at risk of ending, and we are at risk of all decent quality of life being crucified on the cross of the greed of a few billionaire parasites.
My son just got married and there were dozens of his friends and their parents there. He's in his late 30s. He and his millennial friends think Biden has been terrible because they get their news off social media and corporate-owned propaganda networks, and whether they vote for him or not is up in the air.
So yeah, I'm pretty concerned about this whole thing. I mean, think about the recent release that shows Trump had sex with underage girls supplied by Epstein. We seem to be the only ones who know about that, BECAUSE THE CORPORATE MEDIA HASN'T BEEN REPORTING ON THAT AT ALL.
For decades I have known the truth - the attempted Wall Street coup against FDR clear back in the 30s. The 1971 Powell Manifesto that laid out the plan for the corporate takeover of the US. Reagan killing the Fairness Doctrine. The 24/7/365 corporate long game to infiltrate schools and colleges, the Koch funded Tea Party. Citizens United, Dobbs and now this new decision making the president a king.
And the Democrats have not messaged well. They have gone high when the Republicans have attacked from the gutter.
Sorry, but my whole life, everything I've worked for, will probably go down the drain to give these billionaires just a few more dollars if we do not win.
We are responsible as a party for letting it get to this point in the first place. If we are very lucky 2025 will usher in at least a four-year continuation of the republic. If we are not, all bets are off and many of us will likely be disappearing into the new gulags that Bannon and Miller are ready to create.
So you know, Stinky, it is pretty serious, and yes I'll be fighting tooth and nail, donating, talking to people. But let's not sugar coat things here. I we can't make it happen then the loss of our republic will happen to us. Courtesy of Charlie Koch, Zuck, Bezos, Musk and the rest of the billionaire freaks.
Biden is a nice guy, a good man, and has been a great president, BUT NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE PUBLICLY TRADED MEDIA TO REPORT ON IT. Where was our plan in say 2000 to begin laying the groundwork to get our story out? Where is our plan now? Because as I say the fix is in - billions of dollars are lined up and all we have is us and the rest of the American public purposely dumbed down over decades as part of the corporate plan.
When are we gonna learn? Wall Street and shareholder primacy capitalism RUINS all it touches, and it is all set to ruin this republic if we don't pull this out over the next four months. My stress level is through the fucking roof, and I know I'm not alone. I'm fucking angry, really, really mad.
And you know, I have no power at the federal level. I'm not some kind of influencer. I just get to watch. You have any idea how fucking stressful that is? For a 65 year old guy who is a caregiver and disabled himself? Who has HEALTH CARE DEBT because 'Murika ain't nebber goin go SOSH-A-LIST.
So don't be asking me to be a good little boy and get in line. I will do all I can including donations but there are some other folks that really really need to be getting their shit together. I'm sorry for saying that but it is the truth. It hurts to have NO say and just watch everything you care about, everything you love get pissed on because of corporate greed.
IF, and it is very much an IF, we win, we need to start playing hardball with these fucks.
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