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In reply to the discussion: He Predicted America's Crisis Sixteen Years Ago, to the Year. His Database Says It Ends Three Ways. [View all]
angrychair
(12,650 posts)20. Congress has become a path to unlimited wealth
It's literally the only job in America where insider trading is legal.
It's the only job in the country were you can legally take unlimited money from undisclosed sources.
It's the only job in country in which 80+ year old elected officials make decisions impacting hundreds of millions of people based almost entirely on who gives them the most money.
Progressives want to end that.
They will do anything to stop them.
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He Predicted America's Crisis Sixteen Years Ago, to the Year. His Database Says It Ends Three Ways. [View all]
Dem_in_Nebr.
Yesterday
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Ha! I very much dislike knitting! Clickety-click, clickety-click.......!
ColoringFool
21 hrs ago
#62
"The greatest enemy of the United States, as far as both sides of Congress are concerned, is progressives."
LymphocyteLover
Yesterday
#16
Democrats are a diverse coalition party and progressives are an important part of that coalition but are not the base
LymphocyteLover
6 hrs ago
#81
Exactly! And then, within no time at all, came the Homeland Security Bill...
BComplex
21 hrs ago
#64
There's a wild card this time, and that's generative AI and the surveillance AND DISTRACTIONS it offers.
highplainsdem
Yesterday
#30
Thank you. This is consistent with a book I've been meaning to read, but is still far back in my schedule...
NNadir
Yesterday
#34
Thank you for this post Dem_in_Nebr., and the link to Substack. I also subscibed.
c-rational
Yesterday
#35
Bookmarking to read later. Thank you for sharing this - looks interesting.
yellow dahlia
Yesterday
#36
Yes, and the impact of AI will be devastating in an Oligarchy that doesn't care if the masses suffer.
Doodley
17 hrs ago
#77