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BaronChocula

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20. It's been a long slow poisoning

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:17 PM

19 hrs ago

It's been brewing since reagan with a few key ingredients.
-Give more power to the powerful and greedy
-CULTivate devotion to the powerful and greedy
-Take away gains progressives won for the middle class and traditionally disenfranchised
-Disinvest from science and education
-Prioritize white supremacy

It's the kind of stuff that makes an underdeveloped country underdeveloped.

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Watching a Superpower Die By Suicide [View all] babylonsister 21 hrs ago OP

let's face it: we live in the "suicene" era... ret5hd 21 hrs ago #1

And 35% of its citizens are so up his orange ass, that they dont see or care BlueWaveNeverEnd 21 hrs ago #2

That 35% love to see others they "disagree with" (hate) beaten Justice matters. 19 hrs ago #22

NOT interviewed trump supporters for a segment yesterday, they lamented high orices BlueWaveNeverEnd 19 hrs ago #23

Gonna be a whole lotn of DUMB BASTARDS if TSF succeeds. bluestarone 21 hrs ago #3

Bookmarking. yellow dahlia 20 hrs ago #4

It's more a cancer. Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #5

It's not suicide, it's murder. cstanleytech 20 hrs ago #6

It's both. The GOP is a murder-suicide cult. ananda 20 hrs ago #10

premeditated. intentional. planned and organized. erronis 20 hrs ago #11

And why do people persist... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #33

Well stated. Putin found the weak link, capitalized on it while slowly making it weaker. erronis 16 hrs ago #35

Let's be honest D_Master81 20 hrs ago #7

The only issue with this is that it tends to make other countries want to prove that it is not the biggest stick. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 36 min ago #40

Rain falls on the just and unjust alike. hay rick 20 hrs ago #8

Charles Bowen: markodochartaigh 17 hrs ago #30

And it's because people were so brainwashed by Fox and social media... Initech 20 hrs ago #9

This ... Faux Noise is doing Vladimir Putin's work for him FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #12

Yup! So many of the problems that we've faced in the last 25 years were directly caused by Fox. Initech 20 hrs ago #13

AM radio, the politization of churches Cosmocat 19 hrs ago #18

Agreed popsdenver 19 hrs ago #15

Paywall !!! ihaveaquestion 20 hrs ago #14

Putin grins and feels a tingle up his leg. rubbersole 19 hrs ago #16

it would be bad enough it were suicide, but in our case it's assisted suicide. nt Javaman 19 hrs ago #17

No shit. SergeStorms 19 hrs ago #19

It's been a long slow poisoning BaronChocula 19 hrs ago #20

Was it Greenland or Iceland? pfitz59 19 hrs ago #21

meanwhile, Presidunce PEDOnald has just ordered TripleSecDef "Whiskey Pete" Hogsbreath... alterfurz 19 hrs ago #24

I believe... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #34

And Yet, Republicans In The Hearing Today Are Worshipping Trump.... ColoringFool 18 hrs ago #25

Not suicide. Eaten alive by parasites that have been allowed to fester JHB 18 hrs ago #26

He mentioned at first in his first term and couldn't give it up. Project 2025 underpants 18 hrs ago #27

We win the Darwin Award C_U_L8R 18 hrs ago #28

We're witnessing the collapse of our country RoadRunner 18 hrs ago #29

As Will and Ariel Durant said, markodochartaigh 17 hrs ago #31

Rid us of this pestilence: IMPEACH HIM! Joinfortmill 17 hrs ago #32

Murder by the Wealthy IbogaProject 14 hrs ago #36

Self Immolate by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard ybbor 12 hrs ago #37

I'm a positive and social person but, I think the US is done by summer. Bread and Circuses 8 hrs ago #38

He's a Russian asset. Orrex 2 hrs ago #39

I kind of wish I could recommend this post again. NNadir 9 min ago #41