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applegrove

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Sun Jan 18, 2026, 02:58 PM Sunday

"when people accumulate mass wealth and power, they begin to believe the rules no longer apply to them, and their [View all]

“ when people accumulate mass wealth and power, they begin to believe the rules no longer apply to them, and their behavior often drifts toward domination, exploitation, cruelty, violence, and the outright most vile and abhor.”

Taracas (@taracas.bsky.social) 2026-01-18T14:00:08.472Z


A thing I put up the other day about nihilism went into how believing in nothing allows the nihilists to absolve themselves of responsibility for anyone or anything and this is the key to MAGA I believe: they are giddy with their lack of responsibility. I would send this link below to the MAGAs in your lives:

https://suliqyre.substack.com/p/nihilism-is-nothing-etc?triedRedirect=true

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