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cilla4progress

(24,770 posts)
Wed Jan 18, 2023, 04:07 PM Jan 2023

Sobering....from Steve Schmidt (from Post)

https://post.news/article/2KV55dWqiVPbptbBVZ8fw8KUKOp

It's also on his substack.



"The Age of Delusion is Cracking"

A great convocation of the lost, out of touch and confused is taking place in a Swiss mountain resort that represents Earth’s largest gathering of plutocrats, media stenographers, corrupt foreign ministers, heads of state, global autocrats, PR executives, CEOs and academics. The bacchanalia styles itself the World Economic Forum, but is better known by its more famous nickname, “Davos.”

It is the supercilious domain of performative climate warriors whose self-importance is great. Their presence for “conversation” is so essential that their private planes are needed for fighting climate change, by transporting a billionaire with a messiah complex and a plan for banning your natural gas stove top.

...

All I hope for is that out of this dysfunction emerges something better.

I often wonder...are these the good old days?
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Sobering....from Steve Schmidt (from Post) (Original Post) cilla4progress Jan 2023 OP
Very well said. They are elitists and do not give a damn about you and me. Money is their baby, OLDMDDEM Jan 2023 #1
Were you able to access the link? cilla4progress Jan 2023 #4
And Sinema of all people is there, spotlight/donation seeking of course. brush Jan 2023 #2
Subtlety is not her strong suit. rubbersole Jan 2023 #3
These are the last old days /nt bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #5
Excellent commentary. CrispyQ Jan 2023 #6
We may have lived through America's golden years and didn't realize it. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #7
Wow! phoenix75 Jan 2023 #8
Climate change is the most important issue Duppers Jan 2023 #9
... or of all time. JudyM Jan 2023 #10
Absolutely! TY! Duppers Jan 2023 #11

OLDMDDEM

(1,577 posts)
1. Very well said. They are elitists and do not give a damn about you and me. Money is their baby,
Wed Jan 18, 2023, 04:14 PM
Jan 2023

their pride and joy.

cilla4progress

(24,770 posts)
4. Were you able to access the link?
Wed Jan 18, 2023, 04:27 PM
Jan 2023

It is truly each person for themselves, I fear.

The "election" of tfg was the harbinger. Truly an anti-christ. Look what he has unleashed.

A new world will need to evolve after this.

Sorry to be so dramatic.

CrispyQ

(36,518 posts)
6. Excellent commentary.
Wed Jan 18, 2023, 04:56 PM
Jan 2023
snip...

What was the most important story in the United States yesterday?

It was this: the west is months away from a water crisis, and few in America are talking about it. It seems it didn’t really come up during the Kari Lake insanity theater that counted as public debate in an American state in 2022. It ranked number five on The Washington Post hierarchy of their “The 7” daily email of top stories. It should have been number one, but at least the newspaper covered it. Regardless, the question from The Washington Post story that is at hand is this: what is the next town to lose its water supply because there is no more water? And, what happens when millions of people lose their electricity in the third decade of the twenty-first century in the United States?

Unsurprisingly, there was no mention about that at Davos today. I suppose because it was real.


It's not looking good for the big-brained apes.
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