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Uncle Joe

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5. The oligarchs became alarmed because the people were waking up to their morbid greed,
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:54 AM
Dec 2024

and it's dead end impact on human society, so now they've come out from behind the curtain to dominate humanity in any way they can so as to "nip it in the bud" as Barney Fife would say.

Thanks for the thread spanone.

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Plutocracy--government by the wealthy. Timeflyer Dec 2024 #1
Kleptocracy more like it. littlemissmartypants Dec 2024 #16
The manipulation of the algorithms that steer what voters saw on their "X" NoMoreRepugs Dec 2024 #2
Yep and 100% the total value of that steering wasn't counted in the articles total uponit7771 Dec 2024 #21
The Supreme Court destroyed our Country bronxiteforever Dec 2024 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2024 #8
Bingo. dchill Dec 2024 #9
☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾THIS !!!☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Dec 2024 #20
One might argue he spent $40B buying Twitter paparush Dec 2024 #4
The oligarchs became alarmed because the people were waking up to their morbid greed, Uncle Joe Dec 2024 #5
Musk bought himself a country NotHardly Dec 2024 #6
He bought a quarter of a country and leveraged it. dchill Dec 2024 #11
Relatively speaking, SCantiGOP Dec 2024 #7
Plus $44 billion for Twitter, which he turned into a Trump campaign platform. CaptainTruth Dec 2024 #10
Effective smear campaign. Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #12
He did more than spend money. He flipped the election. I betya Harris won by @ least 15 million votes. Botany Dec 2024 #13
It's an investment Blue Full Moon Dec 2024 #14
Democrats need to use him and others such as Perdue as poster children for rich people sticking it to the working class. talking-liberally Dec 2024 #15
Thank John Roberts and his gang malaise Dec 2024 #17
Maybe he should become a CEO in the health insurance industry Orrex Dec 2024 #18
But...but...but...George Soros! NM Grins Dec 2024 #19
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