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47. Nick Hanauer had somethings to say about this

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Sun Dec 14, 2025, 05:15 PM

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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 Yesterday #14

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

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

Piano wire would also work. Borogove Yesterday #51

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

Vance Is A Problem 2na fisherman Yesterday #11

Vance is more dangerous than we realize duckworth969 Yesterday #35

JD isn't one of them ... he's just a useful toadie FakeNoose Yesterday #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 Yesterday #8

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

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

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

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

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

erronis popsdenver Yesterday #33

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

they won't kill is all rampartd Yesterday #52

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This message was self-deleted by its author EmmaLee E Yesterday #43

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

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

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

The new Shakespeare: lastlib Yesterday #12

A NY Times writer JustAnotherGen Yesterday #13

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

+1 dalton99a Yesterday #34

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

Feeling French? Blue Full Moon Yesterday #38

K&R orangecrush Yesterday #39

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

This is a must read. Joinfortmill Yesterday #42

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

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

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

Torches and Pitchforks OC375 Yesterday #53