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We Are Standing Against a Small Group of Extremists Who Want to Get Rid of American Democracy (Original Post) ihaveaquestion Aug 2025 OP
Bolsheviks were a small group of extremists too bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #1
Well, a small group of extremists and their wealthy backers, anyway. CrispyQ Aug 2025 #2
And a mostly compliant and cowed media Redleg Aug 2025 #5
Add 'complicit' to your list of adjectives for the Media. erronis Aug 2025 #6
Indeed Redleg Aug 2025 #7
We need to stop standing and move against them. Sneederbunk Aug 2025 #3
You -- and I presume many of us here -- are apparently ahead of the times. KPN Aug 2025 #4

CrispyQ

(41,104 posts)
2. Well, a small group of extremists and their wealthy backers, anyway.
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 11:36 AM
Aug 2025

I think climate change is THE game changer & the rich realize this is their last, best chance to "git while the gittin's still good!" Maga are just a bunch of gullible, hateful dupes that they used to make it happen without much conflict, by dividing the poor, working, & middle classes. It's not over yet, but what we had before was unsustainable & those in denial won't be able to deny much longer. If I lived in the southwest, I'd sell & move now.

on edit: I said this in another post: I predict a dour Christmas. Some may try to pin it on Biden but they will know they sound lame, & everyone else will know exactly who's to blame.

erronis

(24,541 posts)
6. Add 'complicit' to your list of adjectives for the Media.
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 01:17 PM
Aug 2025

Same people meeting in board rooms and country clubs.

Redleg

(7,026 posts)
7. Indeed
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 01:37 PM
Aug 2025

At this point, if they ain't fighting it, they are complicit. I personally took bold action this week by contemplating sending a sternly worded letter to Rep. James Comer (KY-Idiot).

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