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erronis

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15. So both systems of governments inherited the worst aspects from each other... blood ties and money

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #12)

Sun Dec 6, 2020, 04:28 PM

Dec 2020

cementing the relationships.

Peasants, serfs, slaves, peons, hoi polloi are all the same - expendable and sometimes useful idiots.

While the "upper crust" types interbreed and make wars.

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You know what I think? [View all] PCIntern Dec 2020 OP

Good cilla4progress Dec 2020 #1

I'm almost old enough to remember onethatcares Dec 2020 #2

"You betcha!" PCIntern Dec 2020 #3

Nikita Kruschev... apcalc Dec 2020 #4

IIRC, he would take off his shoe and bang it on the table to get peoples' attention. OMGWTF Dec 2020 #20

He said Oldem Dec 2020 #21

Bob Hoskins gives a fascinating portrayal of him RVN VET71 Dec 2020 #22

That was an unforgettable movie - in so many ways Pluvious Dec 2020 #32

I agree 1,000% RVN VET71 Dec 2020 #33

What a great story... Pluvious Dec 2020 #34

I remember. I think it was a speech at the UN and have often thought of it these past four years. dameatball Dec 2020 #5

My Dad quoted that often when I was growing up. Silver Gaia Dec 2020 #8

Yup Joinfortmill Dec 2020 #6

I remember it well tiredtoo Dec 2020 #7

He is not a deep and/or strategic thinker AmericanCanuck Dec 2020 #9

"He is not a deep and/or strategic thinker" is the funniest thing I ever read... AZ8theist Dec 2020 #14

Tillerson hit the nail on Trump's empty head with that one! RVN VET71 Dec 2020 #23

Yeah he is AmericanCanuck Dec 2020 #29

He knew he was incapable of leading, apcalc Dec 2020 #31

I would counter with the fact that it is not loser Trump who is playing the game of chess erronis Dec 2020 #10

Yes, we still need to see the front man's tax returns bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #13

Fleming would know - he was a Naval Intelligence Officer TrogL Dec 2020 #11

There was the theory bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #12

So both systems of governments inherited the worst aspects from each other... blood ties and money erronis Dec 2020 #15

And elites intermingle and maintain business ties bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #17

Erronis, you left out voters. I can't argue that some citizens Hortensis Dec 2020 #27

Spoken with true commitment to fight for all three. Hortensis Dec 2020 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Illumination Dec 2020 #16

I've always thought the reason Traitor Tot DGAF about Covid-19 OMGWTF Dec 2020 #18

Have also been saying the same thing about not only bounties on our soldiers, but US citizens as Illumination Dec 2020 #19

I have been saying this for a long time mucifer Dec 2020 #25

different is different housecat Dec 2020 #26

Communist parties have 5-year plans. moondust Dec 2020 #28

K&R Blue Owl Dec 2020 #30