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Uncle Joe

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23. I hope so as well Ol Janx Spirit

Sun Dec 14, 2025, 01:13 PM

23 hrs ago

I was thinking about my previous post and there is one potential disadvantage that modern American society has over the French.

That would be the increasing use of AI and killer robots, the French never had to be concerned about that potential threat during their revolution.

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The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV [View all] dalton99a Yesterday OP

Hmmm... surfered Yesterday #1

+1 leftstreet Yesterday #2

Simple and effective - it is still a deterrent dalton99a Yesterday #4

There's supposed to be a basket in front of the machine. I'd like to see the basket, with 3Hotdogs 23 hrs ago #14

A basket won't work in this case jmowreader 14 hrs ago #50

They'll just hop on their private jets and fly to New Zealand Auggie 23 hrs ago #20

Piano wire would also work. Borogove 14 hrs ago #51

Billionaires used magats, and it's their turn to profit (even more) insanely. usonian Yesterday #3

Vance Is A Problem 2na fisherman 23 hrs ago #11

Vance is more dangerous than we realize duckworth969 22 hrs ago #35

JD isn't one of them ... he's just a useful toadie FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #30

Trump has opened our eyes to our Wealth Class. pwb Yesterday #5

Their greed and thirst for control is insatiable. dalton99a Yesterday #6

I wonder if wealth is no longer the goal. Now it's depopulation so they don't have to see us anymore. erronis 23 hrs ago #8

The problem with that plan, it's proletariat taxes that pay for this shit. 3Hotdogs 23 hrs ago #15

Don't need no stinking taxes. No populace: no welfare, no DoD, no federal programs. erronis 23 hrs ago #18

They'll have to have some of the people they so detest radical noodle 22 hrs ago #28

See my reply #27 below. Justice matters. 22 hrs ago #36

Their plan is to get rid of the poor, the workers, and the non-white: Justice matters. 22 hrs ago #27

erronis popsdenver 22 hrs ago #33

Actually, Eloon is a massive pro-natalist Envirogal 21 hrs ago #46

they won't kill is all rampartd 13 hrs ago #52

An excellent article, and one thing about human nature: is its' consistency. Uncle Joe 23 hrs ago #7

Thanks for that reference. Looks like a fascinating read. The Guardian Review: erronis 23 hrs ago #9

And the guillotines in the Place de la Revolution were the other side of the consistency of human nature. NT Ol Janx Spirit 23 hrs ago #10

I believe that's a possibility, but not a certainty, we have two distinct advantages over the French Uncle Joe 23 hrs ago #16

Sorry, yes, I was not suggesting actual guillotines.... I was only saying that... Ol Janx Spirit 23 hrs ago #22

I hope so as well Ol Janx Spirit Uncle Joe 23 hrs ago #23

That is one thing i actually do not worry about. Ol Janx Spirit 22 hrs ago #37

This message was self-deleted by its author EmmaLee E 21 hrs ago #43

The only thing we as a people have learned from history EmmaLee E 21 hrs ago #44

We learn from history, it's just that everyone doesn't learn at once. Uncle Joe 18 hrs ago #48

Thanks. Found book at my library, and now on hold for me. txwhitedove 23 hrs ago #19

The new Shakespeare: lastlib 23 hrs ago #12

A NY Times writer JustAnotherGen 23 hrs ago #13

The difficulty of getting rid of billionaire maggots is that the lower class maggots all believe they 3Hotdogs 23 hrs ago #17

Another problem is that too many people still think the rule of law will save the day. Efilroft Sul 22 hrs ago #24

Come on small pox. Do your thing! progressoid 23 hrs ago #21

Let Me Know When It's Louis VI. ColoringFool 22 hrs ago #25

Elon was such an asshole about the whole thing, now he can't understand why people yell at him in public Walleye 22 hrs ago #26

They bet against the house. They're going to lose. Initech 22 hrs ago #29

I guess the rest of us should start building tumbrils... n/t TygrBright 22 hrs ago #31

And convinced millions of idiots to blame impoverished immigrants instead IronLionZion 22 hrs ago #32

+1 dalton99a 22 hrs ago #34

It's the same playbook as directing attention to nickels spent on "Welfare" and "Food Stamps" underpants 22 hrs ago #40

Feeling French? Blue Full Moon 22 hrs ago #38

K&R orangecrush 22 hrs ago #39

It's not too long until they decide what to do with all the "useless eaters" underpants 22 hrs ago #41

This is a must read. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #42

A handful of sociopathic greedheads are no match for the masses. valleyrogue 21 hrs ago #45

Nick Hanauer had somethings to say about this RetiredParatrooper 18 hrs ago #47

Yes. Although it's not just tax policies, or Citizens United; snot 16 hrs ago #49

Torched and Pitchforks OC375 12 hrs ago #53