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Bluetus

(3,049 posts)
23. My thoughts exactly.
Sun May 10, 2026, 12:21 PM
23 hrs ago

OK, if a person is just getting out of high school and only now coming to the realization that the rich have been exploiting this count since -- well since forever, welcome aboard. But if a person is an adult who has ostensibly living in the real world, for a decade or two, it is way past time to wake the fuck up.

We don't need "course corrections." We don't need a "return to normal". We don't need "solutions ar the margins".

We need to be thinking in revolutionary terms. And let's give the MAGA people some credit. They aren't very good at processing information to arrive at clear understandings and appropriate solutions, but dammit, they DO understand this system is really fucked up and we are all in big trouble if we can't overthrow this class of oligarchs

We actually have a lot more in common with the MAGA people than we do with the "moderates" and "Institutionalists" who have enabled this fascist machine to establish itself over the past 45 years. Talarico, Platner, AOC are talking to these people in terms they can understand. Trump is losing this crown. We need to take this opportunity to educate them and bring them to our side. I am not talking about the Confederate flag-waving racists and gun-totin' nut cases. They are lost causes. But there are many who have felt an affinity with MAGA because they sense just how fucked up the system is and nobody else was acknowledging that.

Eat the Rich.

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"When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) sop Yesterday #1
Eat the Rich. Dave Bowman Yesterday #3
Did you see some of the comments on YouTube. :O C Moon 9 hrs ago #50
Absolutely. And greed is a nasty addiction which is making people suffer . 🙁 Dave Bowman 8 hrs ago #51
and when we've had our fill of the rich, we'll turn our appetites to the peasants - robespierre, paraphrased TheProle 23 hrs ago #25
just remember... ret5hd Yesterday #2
unfortunately justsomeguy01 23 hrs ago #24
the rich get hungry fast. (nt) ret5hd 23 hrs ago #26
It's God's swill! usonian Yesterday #4
The stock market is an elemental spirit, a hungry ghost captured and enslaved by capitalism's witch doctors Ponietz Yesterday #12
But why must the rich pay any taxes? OGBuzz Yesterday #5
sarcasm ? dave99 Yesterday #7
Oh yes, I'm dripping with it but I couldn't find the emoji to attach to the post. OGBuzz Yesterday #9
"GETTING"?! (Caps mine) I'm WAAAY PAST Mme Defarge Time! ColoringFool Yesterday #6
With the ballroom and redecorating Figarosmom Yesterday #19
With the proper cuts... sop 21 hrs ago #28
And recently the House Republicans proposed a Capital Gains tax cut to stimulate the economy because the extremely ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #8
'Getting'?? OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #10
My thoughts exactly. Bluetus 23 hrs ago #23
A lot of MAGA, like prosperity gospel, is founded on the idea that you can join their ranks. Ilikepurple 7 hrs ago #54
70-some million people voted for him in 2026. Many millions are changing their minds. Bluetus 1 hr ago #60
It looks like a few have it figured it out and used their critical thinking skills-congratulations Stargazer99 Yesterday #11
Billionaires should not exist VanceFan Yesterday #13
A vigilante like Luigi should assassinate someone like Pritzker? MichMan 21 hrs ago #32
Mangione is a deranged, gun humping POS MURDERER Skittles 13 hrs ago #47
Good, decent people share the wealth Grim Chieftain Yesterday #14
At my husband's office, he would talk to the custodians when they were in the office. cksmithy 21 hrs ago #30
Good people Grim Chieftain 21 hrs ago #31
Obscenely wealthy people become emotionally stunted, at high risk for committing "Social Murder" jmbar2 Yesterday #15
With 330 million people living in this country PCB66 4 hrs ago #55
No one elected Elon Musk jmbar2 1 hr ago #59
They prove the old adage "Money can't buy happiness". Maybe there should be a new one like: "Excessive wealth turns you Fil1957 Yesterday #16
it must kill them that they have to eventually die Skittles 16 hrs ago #40
This message was self-deleted by its author kimbutgar Yesterday #17
The main problem in this country is the rich don't have enough money. tetedur Yesterday #18
I think that every time I see an A-list celebrity in a fucking commercial Skittles 16 hrs ago #41
Shakespeare amended: lastlib 23 hrs ago #20
huh? Skittles 16 hrs ago #42
It can be applied figuratively. lastlib 14 hrs ago #45
They are a lot sicker of all of us, I imagine... displacedvermoter 23 hrs ago #21
I've been seeing rich people get their taxes cut for almost 50 years..... lastlib 23 hrs ago #22
There are hundreds of millions of us and a few thousand of them. BlueTsunami2018 22 hrs ago #27
Friend, I have been sick of them for over a half-century misanthrope 21 hrs ago #29
Being anticapitalist is being antihuman. gulliver 21 hrs ago #33
I agree. Haggard Celine 8 hrs ago #52
At some degree of unregulation when does capitalism become something else? harumph 3 hrs ago #56
I hesitate to call these extreme capitalists anarchists. Haggard Celine 2 hrs ago #57
It seems like a situation of regulatory capture to enable monopolies and thereby increase rent seeking profits. harumph 1 hr ago #58
I want a government that will take all their money. GoodRaisin 19 hrs ago #34
I have never had a problem PCB66 19 hrs ago #35
You don't have to hate them while still wanting a fairer system. AZ8theist 18 hrs ago #37
Post # 13 wants them all murdered MichMan 17 hrs ago #38
The uber wealthy in this country Quanto Magnus 19 hrs ago #36
Who are the rich? The 1%? That would include a lot of Democrats, somsai 16 hrs ago #39
I'm Just Surprised How Fast Normal Folks Roll Over modrepub 15 hrs ago #43
What standard is used to define who is wealthy? LogDog75 15 hrs ago #44
USA: Land of Predators moondust 14 hrs ago #46
"I think it's a mercy we haven't hung them all." Ford_Prefect 13 hrs ago #48
I just rewatched "Capitalism a love story" proud patriot 13 hrs ago #49
There are a few notable decent ones. This one, for example: Buns_of_Fire 8 hrs ago #53
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