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Magoo48

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9. One way to have a bit of leverage is to stop buying anything but food and absolute necessities.

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Mon May 5, 2025, 12:44 PM

May 2025

A little more painful, but significantly effective, is to stop providing all the thousands of services we now provide for the morbidly rich.

Unfortunately, these direct actions are beyond the willingness or political awareness of the majority.

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