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40. Or, they realize they're bankrupting the country...

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #4)

Wed May 20, 2026, 11:49 AM

21 hrs ago

And are good with it because they are so busy emptying the trough today, they don't care about tomorrow.
So long as they can keep taking and there's no immediate consequences they personally experience, there's not a problem they have to worry about.
Those who get easy wealth or grift their way to wealth have the emotional intelligence of young toddlers grabbing for "shiney".
They're reactive in nature; there's very little intellectual understanding of future or consequences.
They don't believe anyone else really exists because very few have fought back.

And those that do fight back are meanies.

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