"Russia’s economy minister admits ‘reserves have largely been used up’ while communist lawmaker warns of 1917-style revolution as #GDP shrinks"
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@A_Minion @Clutha @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth It appears that you are either unfamiliar with the definition of communism, or with the governments of the countries you named. Or maybe you were joking?
@farbel @Clutha @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
This 500 word limit is killing me. . . I fixed it with the magic /s The ones I mentioned are capitalist. Actually capitalism can work but you gotta Wrap it in Duct Tape & keep it Gagged. Which was the basis for the economy we had in the time between WWII and the 70's. That & a congress that was working for the people along with "the Liberal Consensus" but all that is long gone. Need that economy back. It needed work but . . . .
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@A_Minion @Clutha @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth OK, eyeballed your profile. Should have before.
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@benroyce @farbel @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
They also seem to think it'll be just a jaunty weekend of bloodshed and then we all just roll over to whoever is on top after that. No, an actual revolution will take a decade of unspeakable horrors unfolding in their time. The rest of your life will be terrible. Your children's lives might be normal eventually. Only the grandchildren stand any chance of living better once that line is crossed.
@skotchygut @benroyce @farbel @retech @spreadthetruth
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@Clutha @farbel @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
(My ride is in garage till the ice is gone).
What pisses me off is we could have had what they have. The basic economics was in place, people were beginning to do well, even business was making money. We fought for civil right race & sex, education expansion. The right has been fighting ever since FDR to gain total control & bring back the depression. They finally did it.
Peace
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@farbel @Clutha @retech @benroyce
You're on. . Tho I doubt I'll get that far south if I did I'd flippin' melt. But that's ok, I got a couple of bottles of Ilegal Mezcal for xmas. One is in hiding for after midterms the other for '28. Something about positive thinking. .
To add to your "We Warned You" if you take apart their platform what they were trying to do was rebuild the economy of the time between WWII & 70's. Add the 5 bills the GOP trashed & we wouldn't have to beg for our dinner.
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@bridgeenjoyer @the5thColumnist @farbel @retech @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
i agree except with your conclusion
cynicism is self-fulfilling prophecy
we fight
we always fight
and any argument against fighting, such as cynicism, only aids fascism
@benroyce @bridgeenjoyer @the5thColumnist @farbel @retech @spreadthetruth
"any argument against fighting, such as cynicism, only aids fascism"
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@DonChacale @Clutha @farbel @retech @benroyce @spreadthetruth
I remember well. I was alive when they all were taken out. Camelot was a dream we may never get back to. . . I won't see it if we do.
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@DonChacale @Clutha @farbel @retech @benroyce @spreadthetruth
I remember well. I was alive when they all were taken out. Camelot was a dream we may never get back to. . . I won't see it if we do.
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@DonChacale @Clutha @farbel @retech @benroyce @spreadthetruth
Gandhi was after I was born, 2- I was in HS, 2- I was in SE Asia. . .
Most folks don't quite see it as I do. If it hadn't been for Malcolm, MLK would have been ignored, folks in power realized they had a choice & one didn't look too promising.
Peace
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Any advice for our ridiculous CA governor primary where we're all just going to be voting to keep from having 2 MAGA choices in the general? It's beyond depressing. I wish I could use my vote like you say to push more to the left but seems like I'll just be using it to ward off disaster.
@crcollins @benroyce @retech so sorry...my son, daughter -in-law, their new baby & all her family live there... it's madness for your election & I have no advice other than to vote the best of the worst ...but I still say vote (I hope that I will be able to come out to visit them what with airline fuel shortages & crazy politics)
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@crcollins @spreadthetruth @retech
so we push for the most left of the centrist assholes
or we run someone more left. maybe even run ourself
AND we vote against MAGA. even if the dem is a piece of shit
that people don't understand that drives me bonkers
the game is not "i want perfect, waah"
*it never is*
it's sustain
iterate
move left
*there is no better deal*
that people think "magic perfect candidate appeared then everyone lived happily ever after" is insane delusional entitlement
@benroyce @crcollins @retech yes, I agree... A lot of us are certainly trying this time around... Trying for real transparency, really working for our constituents, not to take pac money, to work together as a team for the people that we represent and to remember that this is a real job
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@benroyce @crcollins @spreadthetruth @retech people think it’s like getting married. It’s more like ordering dinner, get the best thing on the menu…
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@retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth Performative cynicism will get us nowhere. Generalization will get us nowhere. There are no pure socialist societies. There are no pure capitalist ones either. They are all blends. Intelligent participation adjusts the blend for the better. There is nothing more privileged than calling for revolution, to burn it all down. Because you know you will survive. Want people to vote? Stop telling them their vote doesn't matter.
@farbel @retech @benroyce @DonChacale @spreadthetruth
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@benroyce @spreadthetruth @retech I will go a step further.
Vote in every election. Your school board is crucial otherwise Moms for Liberty wouldn’t send agitators and funding to push candidates with extreme right wing agendas. My tiny town of 4,000 has had to deal with this. It’s like this with every public office, they’re all important.
Remember that oak trees come from acorns.@CatDragon @benroyce @retech yes and that's how we got partially in this mess as well because of complacency in local elections, small elections, elections that no one was really looking at because they only think on the big scale and insidious things are happening in our small towns & small cities just as much as on the national level
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@DonChacale @Clutha @farbel @retech @benroyce @spreadthetruth
Gandhi was after I was born, 2- I was in HS, 2- I was in SE Asia. . .
Most folks don't quite see it as I do. If it hadn't been for Malcolm, MLK would have been ignored, folks in power realized they had a choice & one didn't look too promising.
Peace
@A_Minion @DonChacale @Clutha @retech @benroyce @spreadthetruth Ghandi was 10 years before I was born. JFK is one of my earliest memories. I was five and saw my mom cry for the first time. I was already very political when MLK and RFK were killed. My ex wife was in the hotel as a 15 year old volunteer on RFK's campaign. I just missed the draft. Went to Vietnam and Cambodia in 2005.
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@CatDragon @benroyce @retech yes and that's how we got partially in this mess as well because of complacency in local elections, small elections, elections that no one was really looking at because they only think on the big scale and insidious things are happening in our small towns & small cities just as much as on the national level
@spreadthetruth @CatDragon @benroyce @retech
Everything everyone has said in this thread X 1000
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@spreadthetruth @CatDragon @benroyce @retech
Everything everyone has said in this thread X 1000
#VOTE #USPol -
@spreadthetruth @CatDragon @benroyce @retech Right back at yas.
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@CatDragon @benroyce @retech yes and that's how we got partially in this mess as well because of complacency in local elections, small elections, elections that no one was really looking at because they only think on the big scale and insidious things are happening in our small towns & small cities just as much as on the national level
@spreadthetruth @benroyce I can tell you that in a lot of small towns (I live in one, and was an elected official here for 16 years) there are people who really, really care, struggle to reach the voters, and are doing their best to make the world (and their town) a better place.
