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mdbl

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4. Pretty stupid how the working class got duped over a 40 year period
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 01:25 PM
Aug 2025

Every time they put repugs in power they lost protections of some kind. Starting with Ron Raygun, then on to the Contract on America by Noot Gangrenous and it just got continually worse. From watering down labor rights to unleashing predatory lending practices while shirking anti-trust investigations and making sure the SEC was chopped off at the knees. They drained the swamp allright- no clean water, just algae and shit left. Then you have totally stupid union members voting for assholes in their state and federal legislative bodies that did everything they could to make sure their unions were completely impotent by passing regressive labor laws stripping unions' ability to do anything to protect them effectively. Now we have the major FAFO in office now helping the heritage foundation finish the job. If America overcomes this, it will be a miracle that may start me believing in sky spooks again. A lot of lighting pointed at all the right places would have to happen for me to believe that, if you catch my drift.

Rant over.

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