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Sandra Rocha's avatar

Greed is an addiction, the most dangerous.

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Cee1405151_123's avatar

The wildness of it -

just imagine?... the same way they can assume nuclear war and resource lackleading to destroying earth these a$$wipes will take the same nuclear weapons to Mars to do "there what they're doing here. 🤔"

The absurdity, madness and illogical mentality is astounding

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Pauline P Schneider's avatar

Ray Bradbury wrote this story already. Martian Chronicles.

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Linda Gerber's avatar

Just put a hold on Adam’s book at my library. Can’t wait to read it!

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Felicia Smith's avatar

Prison labor — new slavery

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Vicki, MSN's avatar

Prison labor is NOT new in the US. The South and SW is full of it. Destroy the black family by imprisoning Black men for decades, use them up as free labor destroying their hopes and dreams. The US NEVER stopped imprisoning/ degrading/ destroying US citizens Black labor......and added CHEAP, and now child labor to the ungodly mix.

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Felicia Smith's avatar

They don’t think we’re like them. They see themselves as higher beings.

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Isobel Williams's avatar

So horribly fascinating. Rich men who would rather destroy the earth than go to therapy. Gah

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Fatarae's avatar

It’s twisted.

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Kathy Tillman's avatar

No one believes me when I tell them about this. I’ve been talking about it for over a year to friends and family, all of whom are solid democrats. They all think I’m nuts.

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Sandy W's avatar

I believe you. I am glad more people are talking about it.

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sharen's avatar

This will fail. but before it fails we will all have suffered a lot. My hope is that this creates the biggest backlash ever and pushes us into a real democratic socialist government similar but more efficient than the europeans. Tech bros may think they can hoodwink us into their dystopian vision but there is a whole world out there and we won't stand for it.

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Fatarae's avatar

My heart is with you. I hope you’re right.

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Ryan Philo's avatar

Also, the one thing that can be found on this topic is, what do we do? Whats the game plan? How do we stop them besides the voting box which is being gerrymandered in every state, and quite likely the machines will be manipulated with come 2026.

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

Causing trauma on purpose …this 24-7 for 7 months straight! We don’t feel good. We’re tired. Low on groceries…

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dialhead62's avatar

unless like some I know, you're putting your head in the sand!!!!!

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Christina Gurchinoff's avatar

What do you mean? I realise there are all kinds of nefarious things going on under the radar I’m only mentioning this one since a lot of folks are saying things like this. What do you think I’m missing?

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dialhead62's avatar

not You per say, goofball, im talking about all the people I Know...

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George's avatar

When do we eat the rich? Let’s discuss numbers for a second. There are what, 100 of them? Why are we allowing them to ruin everything all the time for the rest of us?

Ethics are off the table. We are seeing, in very short order, that they are forcing a survival of the most heavily armed ethos on this country. Once the ice army is fully built all bets are off. Fuck they’re off already have you seen the insane police violence in Ohio this week? The brutal, masked, unidentified fucks in plain clothes terrorizing citizens and undocumented alike? Why are we not waking up and rising up? The Russian mafia is taking over our country.

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Pauline P Schneider's avatar

Not Russian. Just run of the mill White Supremacist Neo Nazis.

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President4547isSenile's avatar

We need toLuigi the techbro subhmans ASAP. Like the Ukrainians are doing to the Moscovy savages.

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christopher wilson's avatar

You wot?

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C M Concepcion's avatar

I do have one criticism. Capitalism is, indeed, incompatible with democracy. Capitalism is the prime enabler of the end game of fascism.

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Colette Michaud's avatar

Thank you for this incredible conversation. I need to listen to it multiple times and take notes. You guys made some very interesting points and addressed some key questions that have been floating about in my mind for months if not years.

I will share with my friends/family and get some discussions going here. Hoping it gives us a fighting chance at surviving the idiot billionaire era with knowledge and facts.

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Fatarae's avatar

I feel the same way. This interview was illuminating for me. I’m going to buy the book ASAP.

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Ken brinkley's avatar

I'm sorry Dave I can't do that !

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Pauline P Schneider's avatar

Daniel Rushkov also said those broligarch billionaires asked which was better, shock collars or holding servants’ family members hostage to keep servants/slaves/security force from killing them. Billionaires are sociopaths and psychopaths.

Sharpen the guillotines.

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Pauline P Schneider's avatar

Climate change is made worse by billionaires. They are hastening our extinction. Professor Guy Mcpherson has been warning humanity for two decades that climate change is at an extinction level event for us. Billionaires could make our exit kinder, but no, they prefer waging wars and burning up the planet faster.

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