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usonian

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2. That's the symptom. Insane wealth concentration is the disease. (Oh, I forgot about that!)

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:27 PM

Wednesday

Archived: https://archive.is/xBpVT

The wealthy, with the full, armed might of Emperor Caligula the Second, are

• Buying up homes and driving up prices and rents.
• Ferociously developing AI to eliminate jobs. The more, the better.

and that's just for starters.

Please read any speech by Bernie or AOC for details.

And only the progressives mention this.
Everyone else has the oligarch feed-bag on, and
Nothing gets better. In fact, it gets worse.

Citizens United means Citizens murdered.

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That's the symptom. Insane wealth concentration is the disease. (Oh, I forgot about that!) usonian Wednesday #2

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