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angrychair

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12. Unfortunately

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 11:39 AM

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The catch, and the database is unsentimental about this, is that elites have never chosen the exit out of virtue. They chose it when organized ordinary people made reform cheaper than repression: when movements, strikes, elections, and relentless civic pressure changed the price of continuing to pump. The exit door opens from the outside.

This is the key part that is required and will be not happen.
The very people that are required to exist for this to happen are progressives, the very people that many, on both sides of Congress, are trying to destroy.

The greatest enemy of the United States, as far as both sides of Congress are concerned, is progressives.

Why is that?

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Excusez-moi moi, mais. . . Mme. Defarge 23 hrs ago #68

Turchin's article needs to be read by everyone. KS Toronado Yesterday #8

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Unfortunately angrychair Yesterday #12

"The greatest enemy of the United States, as far as both sides of Congress are concerned, is progressives." LymphocyteLover Yesterday #16

Congress has become a path to unlimited wealth angrychair Yesterday #20

who is "they" that will do anything to stop them? LymphocyteLover 9 hrs ago #83

Not true relogic Yesterday #24

Well said! DemocracyForever Yesterday #28

Democrats are a diverse coalition party and progressives are an important part of that coalition but are not the base LymphocyteLover 9 hrs ago #81

What? yardwork 22 hrs ago #73

The article is very interesting Klondike Kat Yesterday #13

Ok then dweller Yesterday #14

Ditto! Alice B. Yesterday #15

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i'll have to find that one. rampartd Yesterday #51

Well worth everyone's time to read... Silver Gaia Yesterday #18

Brilliant! GiqueCee Yesterday #19

He's talking about Roosevelt's New Deal ... that's the third ending FakeNoose Yesterday #21

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But that makes 195% of societies' outcomes Farmer-Rick 23 hrs ago #69

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I have always loved reading history. Snackshack Yesterday #26

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I could not agree more. hamsterjill Yesterday #54

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The writer and historian Morris Berman... keep_left Yesterday #31

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Bookmarking to read later. Thank you for sharing this - looks interesting. yellow dahlia Yesterday #36

The one difference is technology and the world economy Buckeyeblue Yesterday #38

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Wow, read the entire link. I see the bottom line as the powerful's continued use of the "Divide And Conquer" method. Exp Yesterday #40

who do you think is doing the organizing? NJCher Yesterday #47

I agree with you:: Exp Yesterday #48

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Way worth reading. Another Jackalope Yesterday #42

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The dates were a little odd, I agree. yardwork 9 hrs ago #82

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Cliodynamics has done better while I wasn't watching 4dog Yesterday #65

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Generations by Strauss and Howe Deminpenn Yesterday #46

I've been collecting these cyclical interpreters. Have a whole file of them. NJCher Yesterday #49

Agreed, this fits very closely with "The Fourth Turning" LR3 Yesterday #57

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K&R. Excellent article... renordgren Yesterday #60

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We need the return of the FDR era Clouds Passing 23 hrs ago #67

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FORMIDABLE! Mme. Defarge 23 hrs ago #71

One of the best things I've read in a long time. yardwork 22 hrs ago #72

KNR and bookmarking. niyad 20 hrs ago #76

K&R red dog 1 19 hrs ago #78

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