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LWolf

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20. There is no "greatest."

Reply to dmosh42 (Original post)

Sat Dec 14, 2013, 11:24 AM

Dec 2013

All sources are interconnected.

The billionaires, the giant corporations, the privatizers: the capitalists; the fascists and religious fascists; the public school and teacher haters, the haters of labor, of the old, the poor, the women...

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Where is the greatest threat to your well being coming from? [View all] dmosh42 Dec 2013 OP

Polls. n/t meaculpa2011 Dec 2013 #1

my evil ex wife lol Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #2

So what were..... Blus4u Dec 2013 #3

Immediately, or long-term? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2013 #4

The aging process. Can't stop it, can't reverse it. nt MADem Dec 2013 #5

Oh, you can stop it alright. Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #28

I'm not interested in entering the "decomposition phase" just yet, thanks anyway!! nt MADem Dec 2013 #34

That was an observation, not a suggestion. Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #36

Can't argue with that POV.... nt MADem Dec 2013 #40

I have to say Billionaires madokie Dec 2013 #6

What? Turbineguy Dec 2013 #7

The US government. sendero Dec 2013 #8

I would have to say the undo influence of corporations on the government etherealtruth Dec 2013 #9

Greed. Laelth Dec 2013 #10

REPUBLICANS ! DURHAM D Dec 2013 #11

+1 treestar Dec 2013 #33

Healthcare. nt Earth_First Dec 2013 #12

US corporations followed by the billionaires who own them. jwirr Dec 2013 #13

Multinational Corporations that purchase OUR politicians. nt adirondacker Dec 2013 #14

Corporations, but I wouldn't limit it to US corps justabob Dec 2013 #15

Probably myself CFLDem Dec 2013 #16

ALEC Denis 11 Dec 2013 #17

There have been many informative discussions of ALEC on DU SecularMotion Dec 2013 #41

I missed them but... Denis 11 Dec 2013 #44

You forgot the feckless government that has abandoned its sacred charge Demeter Dec 2013 #18

Right now it's the fact that I'm out of work shenmue Dec 2013 #19

There is no "greatest." LWolf Dec 2013 #20

The Military Industrial Complex that Ike warned us about zeemike Dec 2013 #21

Other...Myself. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #22

Television. Octafish Dec 2013 #23

Myself. My bad habits. Kaleva Dec 2013 #24

Where's the 'gay marriage' option? closeupready Dec 2013 #25

Austerity. Choking off government spending by the lazy Republican House. randome Dec 2013 #26

Myself taught_me_patience Dec 2013 #27

And be a little LESS patient, perhaps? randome Dec 2013 #30

Human competition for resources. IADEMO2004 Dec 2013 #29

An uninformed and disinterested electorate Vox Moi Dec 2013 #31

Ambitious politicians who will do anything to keep in office. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #32

Congress. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #35

The 3rd Way/DLC. IOW, elite members of the Democratic Party. HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #37

+1 1000words Dec 2013 #48

Kind of a leading poll, don't you think? demosincebirth Dec 2013 #38

The greatest threat to us all is our fundamentally unsustainable way of living Taitertots Dec 2013 #39

I posted this poll, wondering how close we all are in our 'world view'.... dmosh42 Dec 2013 #42

My neighbors? Jamastiene Dec 2013 #43

Some idiot with a *redacted* who gets pissed off and goes to his *redacted* safe and gets out grantcart Dec 2013 #45

That's really unlikely to be the greatest threat to you. eqfan592 Dec 2013 #46

Multinational corps, the wealthy elite, etc. RedCappedBandit Dec 2013 #47