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45. Propaganda plus illiteracy is a lethal combination as we're seeing.

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'When the American empire finally collapses, historians won't be stunned by the greed of the elite' [View all] Joinfortmill Saturday OP

Not this poor working class............. Lovie777 Saturday #1

Well said, Shawn Ryan UpInArms Saturday #2

It is a basic premise of hegemony theory that the upper class creates the values and norms ... Intractable Saturday #3

Patriotism is used for shame. twodogsbarking Saturday #4

I hope Greenland takes over the United States of Anarchy. twodogsbarking Saturday #5

their weather is attacking us right now LymphocyteLover Saturday #14

Colder than a witch's back porch. twodogsbarking Saturday #28

Or worse yet, those poor people think they are going to be that rich someday as well. Crowman2009 Saturday #6

Faux News convinced a former coworker that he was rich. Dr. T Saturday #17

Well, he is "rich" compared to 1950's simple rural working class haele Saturday #33

Or the elite got rid of the votes against them.... n/t Chemical Bill Saturday #7

Since they manufacture the machines that count the votes, it's not difficult questionseverything Saturday #38

Yup. yellow dahlia Saturday #48

I'm glad he is seeing the light; He was after all part of the problem tulipsandroses Saturday #8

Our message for the mid-terms needs to have a poor vs rich theme KS Toronado Saturday #9

Trump said Elon hacked the vote counting. Blues Heron Saturday #10

Yup! yellow dahlia Saturday #47

All great empires in history fell SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #11

I think I would say that all great empires fell due to a lack of oversight by the masses. OldBaldy1701E Saturday #12

that's what FoxNews has done a brilliant job of-- working class fascist propaganda LymphocyteLover Saturday #13

Propaganda plus illiteracy is a lethal combination as we're seeing. live love laugh Saturday #45

Shakespeare amended: lastlib Saturday #15

Well bdamomma Saturday #42

let it go down. llet i all go down and then they will whine and pine on how good they had it. my late mom. AllaN01Bear Saturday #16

J P Morgan building x 100 talking-liberally Saturday #18

Well, Shawn, YOU helped put him in office. Not ME. Callie1979 Saturday #19

Exactly!! I do find him more genuine in his disgust for trump tulipsandroses Saturday #32

And I'm glad to see that too. You should read comments under some of those. Callie1979 Saturday #34

It will be the leading example of... WestMichRad Saturday #20

Your post brought to mind something Aldous Huxley said: sop Saturday #21

Despite the truth of that, soldierant Saturday #43

Shawn Ryan is a right wing podcaster SouthBayDem Saturday #22

In this case he's right. Go figure. Joinfortmill Saturday #26

Further down thread irisblue Saturday #23

com·pla·cen·cy Mr.Bee Saturday #24

My children and grandchildren will know barbtries Saturday #25

Even after it happens, IF it does, only a slim majority of the 74,000,000 will know who caused that collapse. ancianita Saturday #27

The only disagreement I have with this is that laws are often broken Bristlecone Saturday #29

At long last the BS of calling us a nation, not an Empire, s exposed. GreenWave Saturday #30

The noticing MenloParque Saturday #31

The legacy of Rush Limbaugh Glaisne Saturday #35

Hasn't this same explanation been given for the confederacy? BadgerMom Saturday #36

De-education is the root cause beginning with underpaid teachers having to buy their own supplies. live love laugh Saturday #37

When the autopsy on the US is written, the whore media will be found as the cause of death. OMGWTF Saturday #39

Loyalty Of The Poor gfarber Saturday #40

a percentage of that mystifying set of 'poor' Quanto Magnus Saturday #41

Americans worship money too much. In this society, money is the measure of all things. nt eppur_se_muova Saturday #44

Yep. Aussie105 23 hrs ago #49

They didn't vote against their interest. For some racism, misogyny JI7 Saturday #46