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andym

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47. It's being replaced by the Putin/Orban/Xi Jinping/al-Assad/Erdogan/Kim/Trump era

Sun Jul 10, 2022, 11:33 AM

Jul 2022

The era of the strongman or wannabe strongman ruling by a cult of personality and control of communication/media, often promoting conservative/traditional values.

There is a tendency for many folks to accept or at least accede to hierarchical societies, and if organized not by wealth, it is by power.

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The Reagan/Thatcher era is coming to an end everywhere [View all] malaise Jul 2022 OP

It's an Enlightenment of sorts, but I'd call it a Great Awakening bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #1

Great post malaise Jul 2022 #5

I think of it as a manifestation of the Collective Consciousness. ariadne0614 Jul 2022 #26

You're right, of course, the Collective Unconscious is a problem, but you defeat them with facts bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #32

Lettuce spray! gibraltar72 Jul 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Jul 2022 #3

That centuries old tradition is running out of credibility malaise Jul 2022 #4

+1 n/t ariadne0614 Jul 2022 #33

Imagine Tommymac Jul 2022 #6

My anthem malaise Jul 2022 #9

Mine too kpete Jul 2022 #30

When's the next Bastille Day? n/t bluecollar2 Jul 2022 #7

Thursday? malaise Jul 2022 #8

We need an international version...n/t bluecollar2 Jul 2022 #11

After watching Sri Lanka I can tell you that more than a few of our crooks are terrified malaise Jul 2022 #13

Civil unrest is going to spread bluecollar2 Jul 2022 #16

The Sri Lankan PM'S private home was set on fire yesterday malaise Jul 2022 #18

Good riddance lambchopp59 Jul 2022 #10

Excellent post malaise Jul 2022 #12

"Welfare Queens" and the WH chief of staff being the CEO of Merrill Lynch. rubbersole Jul 2022 #20

They pissed on all of us malaise Jul 2022 #23

They sure did! True Blue American Jul 2022 #41

I threw something at that old thrift store Philco TV lambchopp59 Jul 2022 #28

Among my neighbors the shit-for-brains rumors still echo of how strong Reagan was. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #39

Put a greasy hannity hair nazi acolyte bereft of soul rubbersole Jul 2022 #53

Yup. Reagan demolished the middle class. Joinfortmill Jul 2022 #14

Same here malaise Jul 2022 #15

Yup, just like that "free trade" nonsense Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #34

You nailed it malaise Jul 2022 #36

Yet, if Walmart were to close its doors there would be the equivalent of famine in the US. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #43

Walmart managed many many years without getting into groceries Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #49

Walmart, as of last January, has 26% of US grocery dollars in the US per Statista. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #51

I just quoted you Statista and they have Kroger as the top in sales Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #63

I asked my browser what share does Walmart have. It took me to the stats I quoted. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #65

Don't forget Nixon DownriverDem Jul 2022 #21

You had me. True Blue American Jul 2022 #35

Some of us recognized it early malaise Jul 2022 #38

too many people didn't want to see it Skittles Jul 2022 #60

I have learned, to my surprise, that blueprints for guillotines are readily available online Orrex Jul 2022 #17

Yes malaise Jul 2022 #27

I prefer purse size self-defense style 'tasers' bought from cheap wholesale sites. Tommymac Jul 2022 #58

But will it be replaced with cristofacism? Buckeyeblue Jul 2022 #19

They will try but no malaise Jul 2022 #24

Yeah, religion has always been a way of controlling the masses Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #37

Do what the Preacher tells you, give until it hurts True Blue American Jul 2022 #42

Faith in the inexhaustible stupidity of thy neighbor is not misplaced. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #44

I posted some info on past causes and future hope. usonian Jul 2022 #22

Important links malaise Jul 2022 #25

I collected my "best" in one thread. usonian Jul 2022 #29

Good Idea Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #40

Wealth inequality has never worked. The Jungle 1 Jul 2022 #31

Yeah, but for the occasional odd catastrophe, it was/is still the exclusive mode. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #45

The hard part is to not let it slip into fascism... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #46

It's being replaced by the Putin/Orban/Xi Jinping/al-Assad/Erdogan/Kim/Trump era andym Jul 2022 #47

Interestingly... HipChick Jul 2022 #48

Makes sense sis malaise Jul 2022 #52

The internet distributes wisdom, but hate and its sibling, ressentiment, are a challenge gulliver Jul 2022 #50

Of course you blame Sri Lanka on the West despite China being the problem mathematic Jul 2022 #54

Everyone here knows my views on US foreign policy malaise Jul 2022 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Jul 2022 #56

I am compiling a book of recipes featuring Billionaire Bouillabaisse. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #57

Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential run turned me into an instant liberal. Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #59

I see the Reagan/Thatcher era ending only to be replaced by the Poiuyt Jul 2022 #61

Reverse Robin Hood hasn't helped anyone for half a century... Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #62

It's been replaced with the Christo-Fascism LeftInTX Jul 2022 #64

Not in Japan Polybius Jul 2022 #66

I have this gut feeling we have one more world war to go through to get to the "other side". roamer65 Jul 2022 #67

The struggle is on- going but the malaise Jul 2022 #68