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1. Long story short, caving means pissing off those opposed to fascism while failing to placate an evil president who

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 04:03 PM

Jul 2025

sees compliance as weakness and a capacity and willingness to make further concessions.

Even Elon musk learned the hard way. The largest political donor in history and a key enabler of Donnie's rise to power, yet Donnie's gratitude was limited and now he's talking about deporting musk. Meanwhile, his businesses are suffering because of the damage it all did to his reputation.

Yes, he got the investigations against him killed. But now that he's on the outs, who knows.

It's like paying an extortionist. Well, it pretty much *is* paying an extortionist. If you cave, you should fully expect the to extort you again for more. What's to stop them. Honor? A sense of decency? In this crowd?

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Long story short, caving means pissing off those opposed to fascism while failing to placate an evil president who unblock Jul 2025 #1

Thank you for your summary. applegrove Jul 2025 #2