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40. It's the same playbook as directing attention to nickels spent on "Welfare" and "Food Stamps"

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

Hmmm... surfered Sunday #1

+1 leftstreet Sunday #2

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

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

A basket won't work in this case jmowreader Sunday #50

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

Piano wire would also work. Borogove Sunday #51

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

Vance Is A Problem 2na fisherman Sunday #11

Vance is more dangerous than we realize duckworth969 Sunday #35

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

See my reply #27 below. Justice matters. Sunday #36

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

erronis popsdenver Sunday #33

Actually, Eloon is a massive pro-natalist Envirogal Sunday #46

they won't kill is all rampartd Sunday #52

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The only thing we as a people have learned from history EmmaLee E Sunday #44

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

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

The new Shakespeare: lastlib Sunday #12

A NY Times writer JustAnotherGen Sunday #13

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

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

Come on small pox. Do your thing! progressoid Sunday #21

Let Me Know When It's Louis VI. ColoringFool Sunday #25

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

They bet against the house. They're going to lose. Initech Sunday #29

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

And convinced millions of idiots to blame impoverished immigrants instead IronLionZion Sunday #32

+1 dalton99a Sunday #34

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

Feeling French? Blue Full Moon Sunday #38

K&R orangecrush Sunday #39

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

This is a must read. Joinfortmill Sunday #42

A handful of sociopathic greedheads are no match for the masses. valleyrogue Sunday #45

Nick Hanauer had somethings to say about this RetiredParatrooper Sunday #47

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

Torches and Pitchforks OC375 Sunday #53