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In reply to the discussion: How do you see this ending? [View all]CrispyQ
(40,589 posts)11. I've come to realize the immense privilege it's been to live in a country where the economy & govt are relatively stable
Thanks to climate change, we can't look to any example in the past for recovery estimates. IMO this is the oligarchs final grasp for the last fine things on Earth that's why they don't care about Trump crashing the US economy. They'll swoop in & buy everything for pennies. 21st century feudalism is the final goal. What a ton of really well off people don't realize, is that to reach that point, there's going to have to be an even greater gap between rich & poor & those who think they're high enough up the food chain right now, might be surprised where they land when it all shakes out.
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Well, if we don't have him we'll have Vance who might be worse. I think JD is Dump's insurance policy...
CTyankee
Apr 2025
#1
Agree. As far as I know no other repuglican has a hold on their voters like drumphf
electric_blue68
Apr 2025
#35
I'm hoping we eventually get to something like the Orange Revoloution that happened in Ukraine.
Jim__
Apr 2025
#9
I've come to realize the immense privilege it's been to live in a country where the economy & govt are relatively stable
CrispyQ
Apr 2025
#11
The only thing that comes to mind is The French Resistance and meetings in basements
Beringia
Apr 2025
#14
I think we've crossed the Rubicon. The US has always been an empire, and not afraid to use violence to grow.
jalan48
Apr 2025
#21
There will be time enough at last to read and reflect. (Always carry a spare set of eyeglasses, friends)
usonian
Apr 2025
#24
Powerful secret cabals, shadow governments, conspiracies of billionaires and oligarchs controlling everything.
betsuni
Apr 2025
#32
I see a potentially much worse problem, and it may be what is motivating these oligarchs...
AntiFascist
Apr 2025
#33