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PatrickforO

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9. Thanks for posting. This is a good article.

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2019, 12:10 PM

Dec 2019

Putin has shown some real genius, but unfortunately he has applied it to tearing down instead of building up.

This nation has been under assault many years by the billionaire parasites who hated the New Deal and want to return us to laissez faire capitalism, the brutal system Dickens wrote about. Everything privatized, everything deregulated, and no social safety nets.

Putin saw these people, like Buchanan, and cleverly enlisted them.

I think we're fortunate the planned coup happened prematurely, before our system was rotted enough.

We have a real chance here to get our republic back. We'll see if we're smart enough to do that. If not, God help us.

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This is a must read. [View all] Raven Dec 2019 OP

👀 ✅ underpants Dec 2019 #1

Anything Applebaum writes should be read GusBob Dec 2019 #2

Interesting article, I have been listening to the audiobook, dewsgirl Dec 2019 #3

My husband read that book and he was impressed and distressed by what he read. kimbutgar Dec 2019 #14

I understand completely.😳 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #15

Very interesting, thanks for posting. Ohiogal Dec 2019 #4

I saw this on other mixed boards in 16; Russia being the racist last bastion of white utopia uponit7771 Dec 2019 #5

Great article! Pacifist Patriot Dec 2019 #6

Excellent article. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2019 #7

American conservatives, in most need of this, will be the last to read this article. They are tuned ancianita Dec 2019 #8

Well, truth isn't truth anymore and we now live in a post-truth era of PatrickforO Dec 2019 #10

We do. Word of mouth, social media, whatever works. ancianita Dec 2019 #11

Chief Seattle was right back when he said that all things are bound together PatrickforO Dec 2019 #17

Indeed, you're right. We look much smaller apart from Nature rather than as a part of Nature. ancianita Dec 2019 #18

Thanks for posting. This is a good article. PatrickforO Dec 2019 #9

This was a topic of discussion... SergeStorms Dec 2019 #12

Yes please, everyone read the article Perseus Dec 2019 #13

that was an excellent article. Thanks! nt Javaman Dec 2019 #16