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AmericaUnderSiege

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3. It gets confusing, with everything that overlaps.

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 06:08 AM

Mar 2025

I'm of the opinion that racism is the source of almost all our misery. We were doing superbly with Obama, but look how crazy these animals are going chasing down the nonexistent "DEI" bogeyman.

We see that it's the Russians pumping this craziness, but what's even beneath that? I really think it's oil. Fossil fuels. The raw power is gives some people. Address that and we address class by default.

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For 45 years people have bought into the Repigs culture war. [View all] Duncanpup Mar 2025 OP

repukes know how easily manipulated conservatives are Skittles Mar 2025 #1

Absokutely correct! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #2

It gets confusing, with everything that overlaps. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #3

Also misogyny. Sometimes it's subtle, but it's always a driving force. Walleye Mar 2025 #5

For sure, corruption is tangled with other corruption. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #6

My feeling is that racism could not exist without misogyny Walleye Mar 2025 #13

I knew a Korean War veteran who told his daughter BobsYourUncle Mar 2025 #12

I'm positive that's the reason we've never had a woman for president. Many people in this country think the president Walleye Mar 2025 #14

And it was started by HarryM Mar 2025 #4

Absolutely ✊🏼 benfranklin1776 Mar 2025 #7

"Psychopathic hoarding" that's exactly what's happening here Walleye Mar 2025 #15

Yes as Abraham Lincoln described it: benfranklin1776 Mar 2025 #16

Great quote. I wish we had more people who could think and speak clearly like that Walleye Mar 2025 #17

Me too although our Lincolns and Kings are out there benfranklin1776 Mar 2025 #19

Repigs have been waging -- and winning -- a class war for 45 years Martin Eden Mar 2025 #8

Part of their "success" starting with Reagan was no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #9

"Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" seems like psy-ops now underpants Mar 2025 #11

An interesting book to read on class is Isabel Wilkerson's book, Caste. Lonestarblue Mar 2025 #10

They have committed the greatest scam in American history maxrandb Mar 2025 #18

I think we've fought the class war JustAnotherGen Mar 2025 #20

My brother was not supposed to Tickle Mar 2025 #21

The Social Security Fairness Act Zambero Mar 2025 #22

Thank you, I can't wait Tickle Mar 2025 #23