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gulliver

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6. It's the curse of group think that makes cowards of everyone

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Sat Apr 5, 2025, 12:21 PM

Apr 2025

We know that group think is the kiss of death, but we practice it anyway. The group has been mollycoddled by agreeableness fans to the point that it has become a surly, silent, easily agitated idiot.

(And, yes, I deliberately used the word "we" in the presumptuous, group think way, as a demonstration.)

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A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy - The Nation [View all] justaprogressive Apr 2025 OP

Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (1930) didn't cause the crash of 1929. Dumpy Apr 2025 #1

The article clearly states that, it also clearly states the act made the Depression a lot worse krawhitham Apr 2025 #2

It was not clearly stated here and it implied Dumpy Apr 2025 #7

It clear as day from the posted info in this message about the article. krawhitham Apr 2025 #8

Disagree, it is not a Cowardly Congress, it's a Complicit Congress krawhitham Apr 2025 #3

The pro-tariff repukes are complicit, the 213 Dems are powerless RandomNumbers Apr 2025 #4

That's a really stupid analogy: sop Apr 2025 #5

It's the curse of group think that makes cowards of everyone gulliver Apr 2025 #6