Comments by "c. j. macq" (@cjmacq-vg8um) on "Thom Hartmann Program" channel.

  1. it all falls in line with the prosperity gospel. financial "success," wealth and power are rewards from god. it goes all the way back over 6000 years to the "divine-right-of-kings." a belief john locke obliterated in 1690 in his First Treatise of Government. the capitalists used smith's "wealth of nations" to keep the lie alive as did the industrialist of the gilded age and the fascists in the 20th century calling it "social-darwinism." (stalin and mao were both fascists by the way, regardless of what they called themselves.) the philosophy goes - anyone with the cunning and ambition to obtain wealth and power deserves to rule because their achievement was a demonstration of natural superiority or ordained by god. the elite use this rationale even today. i heard oprah winfrey say, on air, during one of her shows that god chose her to become rich because she was so much wiser and deserving than others. this is extreme narcissism and megalomania; a mental disease that seems to inflict ALL the elite. they all believe they're superior to the rest of humanity and in fact THE OPPOSITE is true. capitalism allows the most predatory, the most devious and unethical, thus the least deserving, to prosper. when was the last time you heard of anyone getting rich from generosity or compassion?
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  2. its exactly the kind of god they believe in! one that doesn't care about your morals, your greed, your lies or your corruption in your daily life. they believe JUST believing in their god will get them into paradise! this is the teaching of Paul the apostle. there are Christian churches, right now, that teach WEALTH is reward from god and the richer you is an indication that you're following the word of god. and sadly, there are poor suckers who believe these lies and contribute to the wealth of these religious hucksters.
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  3. not only barr but the entire GOP congressional "leadership" are now culpable and willing participants in "obstruction of justice" and covering up trump's crimes. barr was just charged with contempt of congress but guess what? its barr and HIS DOJ who enforce those charges. so now, trump, his staff, barr and the GOP congressional leadership are just doing whatever the hell they want. the constitution, the law and subpoenas be damned. and the spineless dem "leadership" just denied YET ANOTHER impeachment process just this week! just what the hell is going on HERE? WHERE'S OUR GODDAMNED GOVT?
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  4. capitalism is just a repackaging of feudalism and vice versa. there's actually no REAL difference between the 2. they both enslave the people for the benefit of the elite. and the sooner we do away with and reject silly, irrelevant distinctions and look at the big picture the sooner we'll SEE and UNDERSTAND the truth. civilization brought us the elite, fascism, authoritarianism, greed, corruption, slavery, poverty, prejudice, war AND capitalism. civilization was an elitist invention designed to solidify, enforce and perpetuate elitist power and control over humanity. and its done just that over the last 6000 years!
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  5. the problem here is the lie that "individualism" and "collectivism" are mutually exclusive. THEY AREN'T! its perfectly possible to protect individual rights while maintaing a functioning society that benefits the whole. in fact, you CAN'T maintain a system that benefits all of society without protecting the rights of the indivual. individual rights DOES benefit society. its not an either/or scenerio but a BOTH scenerio. you can't have one without the other.
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  6. actually the U'S. ranks very low on the social indexes; including infant mortality, medical care, environmental protections, hunger, poverty, homelessness, water purity, vacation time, etc, and we rank the highest in prison population, CEO pay, work hours and stress and anxiety. and all this insanity began back with Reagan and has just exacerbated in the ensuing years and decades. trump is the latest symptom of the insanity of Reagan.
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  7. one problem is that we have people promoting and perpetuating the lie that the soviets and Chinese were and are socialists. THEY WEREN'T - not even close. we got morons propagating the lie that the Nazi's were socialist! I just responded to a moron who said corporatism is socialism! yet all these same people support and defend precisely what their complaining about. they defend the elite, the accumulation of wealth, strong govt in the form of "tough-guy" leaders. their misrepresenting themselves and the anti-fascists who see through them and oppose them! they're purposely causing confusion and divisions so the elite maintain power! its called "fire-hosing" and this is just a PART of the "newspeak" and corruption we're up against. how do you fight a lie when people haven't the intelligence, the education or insight to recognize a lie?
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  8. trump also has the tendency to make everything about him. in a recent interview I heard the interviewer ask him about the need to break up mega-corporations like google, Microsoft and facebook and trump's response was - they sure don't like me that's for sure. he also has a inferiority complex that he over compensates for. I've never heard ANY "president" declare themselves the GREATEST president ever. but trump does this, it seems, at the end of almost every tweet! trump's a walking example of psychological pathology. lastly - he ISN'T the legal president. so please stop calling that. he's the present occupant of the white house but he isn't the legal occupant. he's just a squatter. we have NO president right now and no functioning govt.
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  9. you know, you can be the cause and the symptom at the same. and that's trump, both a symptom of a sick society and a contributor to it.
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  10. dictator trump. now there's a scary as hell thought. you must ask, what on earth is compelling such loyalty to such a low-life like trump? when trump tells these people to break the law and ignore subpoenas they don't have to do as he says. for some strange and very dangerous reason these idiots are loyal to this gangster-doofus regardless of their sworn oaths to uphold the constitution and federal law. Pelosi and many democrats are just as spineless as the GOP. trump's election itself was illegal but the dems readily started calling this buffoon president on day one because to challenge the legitimacy of trump's claim to the office would require the dems to expose their own crimes. its like putin and the Russians gave trump dirt on all of them and trump's blackmailing them into submission. in order to bring trump to justice all of these people will have to expose crimes in their past they don't want exposed. nothing else explains all this unfounded loyalty and refusal to act as the law requires.
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  11.  jfsfrnd  … I don't think 80% of the American people backed the Nazis but 80% of the american elite did. they admired hitler's iron fisted control over the entire german populace. they wanted, and now have, the same authoritarian control over American society. many U. S. corporations contributed to and profited from hitler's war machine and death camps.
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  12. you're right, this isn't trump. but trump has given them, YET, another excuse to take it a few steps further. and the democrats know the GOP is committing these crimes but continually let them get away with it over the last 50 years.
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  13. actually they got al Capone on tax fraud. dillinger was killed in the street while leaving a movie theater after being "betrayed" by the lady in red.
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  14. YES... actions speak louder than words. anyone can say good things but putting good words and thoughts into action is the ONLY way to make a better world. as far as i'm concerned apathy is just as much an evil as any direct act of evil. and apathy is rampant in this country right now! so many people seem know what's needed to establish justice but are unwilling to do it!
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  15. most Hispanics are caucasians. only a few are native anericans. most of them are of Spanish decent. that's what the word "hispanic" means.
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  16. voting is no guarantee in removing this moron. he didn't win the first election. the American and Russian oligarchs put him in the white house. so what makes you think the next election will be any more legitimate? the dems have introduced election reform legislation but the GOP keeps blocking it. so I don't see anything but a repeat of corruption of 2016 to occur in 2020. and if the dems select biden to run against trump, we're all screwed.
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  17.  jfsfrnd  … that's funny. sometimes I think it was big bad Nancy Reagan who was the covert mastermind of the Reagan administration. and andy is right, he called her "mommy" not mother. I think that's even more twisted.
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  18. you kidding. i'm on medicare - FULL MEDICARE - and i'm still denied medical care on a regular basis. medicare is practically 100% privatized now. corporate medical and insurance porofits are astronomical. just YESTERDAY i tried to contact medicare directly to complain. there IS NO medicare outside of private companies contracted to administer it. medicare, like foodstamps, is all one HUGE bureacratic mess designed to be impossible to navigate. designed so passing-the buck is SOP and no one is responible for ANYTHING!
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  19. this is what i've been saying since the impeachment inquiry began. they MUST included ALL illegal and impeachable acts committed by trump over the last 5 YEARS! does anyone remember the Nearly 800 former federal prosecutors who signed a petition saying they would've charged Trump with obstruction based on the Mueller report? trump is doing the exact same thing during the impeachment inquiry. and obstruction is an impeachable offense. why doesn't anyone bring this up? the GOP are SO proud to be defending the biggest criminal to ever steal the white house. and collins and gaetz were absolutely deplorable during today's hearing. the GOP has lost ALL impartiality, integrity and honor. its become one of the most corrupt, criminal and unAmerican organizations in the country!
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  20. it all falls in line with the prosperity gospel. financial "success," wealth and power are rewards from god. it goes all the way back over 6000 years to the "divine-right-of-kings." a belief john locke obliterated in 1690 in his First Treatise of Government. the capitalists used smith's "wealth of nations" to keep the lie alive as did the industrialist of the gilded age and the fascists in the 20th century calling it "social-darwinism." (stalin and mao were both fascists by the way, regardless of what they called themselves.) the philosophy goes - anyone with the cunning and ambition to obtain wealth and power deserves to rule because their achievement was a demonstration of natural superiority or ordained by god. the elite use this rationale even today. i heard oprah winfrey say, on air, during one of her shows that god chose to her to become rich because she was so much wiser and deserving than others. this is extreme narcissism and megalomania; a mental disease that seems to inflict ALL the elite. they all believe they're superior to the rest of humanity and in fact THE OPPOSITE is true. capitalism allows the most predatory, the most devious and unethical, thus the least deserving, to prosper. when was the last time you heard of anyone getting rich from generosity or compassion?
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  21. laugh at him? you know what would be really cool? a sting operation, like "to catch a predator." announce trump the winner and when he returns to be reinstated ARREST HIM! now THAT'S COMEDY! that's a trump show i'd love to watch!
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  22. it isn't going to happen, IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW! THE POLICE STATE IS HERE! and it began long before bush jr was appointed to the white house. the only differences between 1930's germany and America today was the amount of time its taken for the elitist take over and the technology available to enforce the take over. the fascist take over of the U.S. involves both major parties and was a slow, meticulous and deliberate process that began even before, but really took off, during the nixon era. and its been the digitization technology, which was first mass commercialized through video games, home computers, the internet and cellphones that have enforced and solidified it. they've been selling us our slavery, dependence and addiction to police state technology. and much of the world has been stupid enough to buy it!
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  23. the constitution was originally designed as a conservative document. to appease the wealthy who wrote it. if it wasn't for the "anti-federalists" like Jefferson, samual adams and Patrick henry there wouldn't even be a bill of rights. the founding fathers, as a whole, actually feared democracy and majority rule. so, the elite in general and the GOP are right in step with the belief's of the original framers. this where they claim a "strict" interpretation of the constitution. of course what they mean is a pro-elitist, conservative interpretation. where the left prefer a more liberal, human rights oriented interpretation. but you're right, the elite on the right seem more willing to do whatever takes, violate any law, overstep any ethical boundaries to obtain and hold power.
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  24. humanity has been ruled by its top predators for over 6000 years. as such, we've been ruled from the gutter for over 6000 years. i'm damned tired of being ruled by the WORST humanity has to offer. and its good to hear dr wolff say that germany and italy took a turn to the RIGHT during the '30's. he was refering to the fascism that overtook their countries led by hitler and mussolini respectively. for a few decades now the fascists have been fire-hosing the lie that fascism is a left wing, "socialist" ideology. and uneducated fascist yokels are buying this lie and spreading it all over the internet. i encounter this lie 4 or 5 times a week just on youtube. this is just one of the delusional aspects of modern fascism. they're successfully re-defining common words in the minds of blind, ignorant people to misrepresent themselves and their goals. just how do you fight the constant barrage of lies being strewn about by unscrupulous and unconscionable people?
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  25. so did Reagan. go figure.
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  26. trump's business model and main source of income is from lawsuits. he screws people out of what he owes them by inundating them with frivolous, harassment countersuits when they sue him for the money he owes them. he does this at every level; to small time contractors to BIG american banks. and he's gotten away with this scam for 40 years! trump's secret for success - DON'T PAY YOUR DEBTS! and to be BORN rich enough to get away with it.
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  27. this IS normal - in fascist countries. the U. S. is a fascist country. the "Lincoln Project" just released an alarmingly accurate short anti-trump film that focused exclusively on the use of secret, unidentifiable, , militarized police that's been used against americans on trump's command. these are really just heavily armed "troops" and secret-police on domestic soil being used against lawful protestors. this exemplifies the REAL problem; it ISN'T trump, as horrible, despicable and criminal as he is. the problem is the fascists within govt and without, who willingly and happily implement and enforce trump's illegal orders.
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  28. I've said for many years now - the fascists lost wwll but are now taking over the world. it began in America almost immediately following the war with the fascists stealing the word "libertarianism," the House Un-American Activities Committee's investigations into left-wing organizations and the fbi infiltration and undermining said organizations. followed by the take over of money and elitist control of the media and politics and Reagan's reactionism which has completely corrupted America's political process. the democrats are very much to blame too as they've turned right-of-center and neo-liberal over the last 40 years. but the dems biggest failure is mainly they're propensity to simply not fight back, roll over and allow the GOP to lie and cheat and walk all over them. I agree with Chomsky assessment. he's no fan of the democrats but he identifies the GOP as one of the most destructive, corrupt and criminal organizations in the country if not the world.
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  29. there's nothing wrong with the 13 star flag. but our flag shouldn't be for sale and used for profiteering enterprises. but only in the U. S. is a damned stupid piece of cloth more important than what that piece of cloth is supposed to represent. screw the flag, the screw the fascist states of America, screw the corporate, elitist states of America and SCREW TRUMP! who, his entire life, has represented the anthesis of what MY country is supposed to stand for. screw the spineless democratic party, screw the fascist GOP, screw the elitist gay lobby that, with its BS "trans-gender fascism," has done as much to divide this country as the NRA and the evangelicals. screw the anti-abortion bigots, the pro-poverty morons, the profit-over-people twits and the ant-labor idiots and the millionaire labor leaders. screw the big business AND the big govt advocates and those on both sides who sit back and do NOTHING as the police-state tightens its strangle-hold on humanity. and screw the climate-change deniers as environmental disaster looms ever nearer. is there really anything to proud of in this country anymore! I WANT SANITY TO RETURN and I WANT MY FREEDOM!
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  30. i've said this a 1000 times. and i actually read the phrasing from someone else but its true - the right wingers believe the right to life ENDS at birth. the right to protections against predation ENDS at birth. after you're born you're on your own. and they won't even wish you good luck as they sabatage all the social institutions intended to help you survive or succeed.
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  31. i'm afraid, thanks to the elite on the right and left, the only direction America and the world are headed is straight DOWN - to HELL! economic and climate disasters will lead to more civil unrest which is the only excuse the elite need to clamp down with their global corporate police-state. digitized money, bodily inserted micro-chips and the "smart" grid will be installed to track your every move, your every word, and eventually, your every thought. absolute human dependence on over-priced corporate technology will enslave us all. and the youth, who's been conditioned, through advertising, commercialization and fire-hosing, to EMBRACE this slavery since birth, more and more with each successive generation, will just accept and even welcome this police-state for its security, convenience and because its shiny and sparkly. climate change is being ignored for a reason. unfettered MONEY in politics and corporate control of the media has happened for a reason! fascism and neo-liberal economics are taking over the world for a reason. and the reason is ITS WHAT THE ELITE WANT! its what they need to drive the final nails into the coffin of freedom, individuality, independent thought and human rights! its time we WAKE UP and FIGHT or the future of humanity will be very grim indeed!
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  32. that's funny. if the GOP were honest they'd have to declare all fetus' as mooching slackers unworthy of respect, precious resources or life. i've said this a 1000 times. and i actually read the phrasing from someone else but its true - the right wingers believe the right to life ENDS at birth. the right to protections against predation ENDS at birth. after you're born you're on your own. and they won't even wish you good luck as they sabatage all the social institutions intended to help you survive or succeed.
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  33. i've often said trump didn't steal the 2016 election. he doesn't possess the intelligence to pull off such a complicated endeavor. but OTHERS stole the election for him. foreign provocateurs, corporate entities and domestic political actions like interstate crosscheck and others, all combined to illegally affect the election and place trump in the whitehouse. all of these groups knew how unstable and corrupt trump was. they didn't care because they were ONLY concerned with advancing their own agendas. sometimes they worked in tandem and sometimes not. sometimes trump was aware and sometimes not. but trump always knew of the EFFECT of these efforts if not the efforts themselves. trump knew he could never win an american election. he spent the first 6 months in the white house expressing his dismay that he "won." these leaked kremlin documents only follow the patter of confirming these efforts.
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  34.  @youbean666  … yes the group that calls itself the "family" has a lot of corrupting AND covert influence over our elected officials. my god, there's a lot of fascist orgs that have had a secret domination over our society. but the GOP is the org that allows these entities so much influence. so they're like the central control that combines all the corrupting fascist entities into a single and unified unit. the GOP machine has become the single biggest threat to human freedom the world has ever seen. and its effect can be seen on a global scale even in Russia and china.
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  35. the whole thing boils down to the flaws of capitalism and Predanomics. capitalism creates both big govt and big business. it creates an elite ruling class that pits us against one another so they maintain power. under Predanomics, which holds capitalism as its economic system, there's NEVER enough money to do anything but make rich people richer. social programs only use tax dollars to pay the extortion demanded by the elite on behalf of the poor, elderly and disabled. in other words social programs serve the same goal as privatization; it makes us more dependent on the elite through govt. the anti-govt position on one side and anti-business position on the other are just facades. the elite use BOTH concepts to keep us divided so they maintain power.
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  36. actually our bank deposits are secured with our own tax dollars through the FDIC. so the banks run NO risk whatsoever. they can loose every cent of YOUR money and not have to pay it back. remember, this is capitalism. the elite aren't held responsible for ANY crime they commit. you're tax dollars will bail them out.
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  37. all elite, CEOs, politicians and presidents lie. but trump lies about EVERYTHING! even about small inconsequential things and obvious facts. other presidents at least used an occasional "no comment" but not trump. he has an, apparently, uncontrollable compulsion to respond to EVERYTHING, to talk about ANYTHING and to lie as he responds. some of it is the "salesman" in him, some of it is his propensity for self-promotion and being the center of attention, some of it is his megalomania and his delusions of grandeur. but most of it is just pure pathology. he's lied his whole life, gotten away with it and gotten what he wants. in his twisted mind he's thinking - hey, if it works, why change it? and half his cult followers know he's lying, don't care and admire him for it and the other half actually believe this pathological liar and his lying sycophants; McConnell, Graham, Limbaugh, Conway, et al. they've all sold their souls to the insanity of the trump cult.
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  38.  @jgsomers6862  … I confess I am not a Christian but I was raised one. my parents allowed us kids, in our early teens, to make our own choices concerning religion. and they were pretty conservative Christians at that. although i'm not religious I do respect ALL religions. but criticize those people who choose to interpret their religions in a negative, meanspirited context. i've found all religions, with the possible exceptions of Satanism and scientology, to have an interconnected link - and that link is LOVE, compassion, tolerance and personal integrity. god created humanity to love, cooperate with and help one another and RESPECT OUR PLANET! and although i'm not a Christian I do follow the social teachings of jesus; as well as the buddha, Socrates, Gandhi and others. in fact I founded a new social philosophy, called equalism, based upon these interlinked social teachings. what, if any, religion you choose to follow is your own business. but how you apply your believes to your neighbors and society is what defines YOUR CHARACTER!
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  39. "con pig." that's just wonderful. sums up trump and all the elite quite nicely.
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  40. you kidding. i'm on medicare - FULL MEDICARE - and i'm still denied medical care on a regular basis. medicare is practically 100% privatized now. corporate medical and insurance porofits are astronomical. just YESTERDAY i tried to contact medicare directly to complain. there IS NO medicare outside of private companies contracted to administer it. medicare, like foodstamps, is all one HUGE bureacratic mess designed to be impossible to navigate. designed so passing-the buck is SOP and no one is responible for ANYTHING!
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  41. capitalism is just a repackaging of feudalism and vice versa. there's actually no REAL difference between the 2. they both enslave the people for the benefit of the elite. and the sooner we do away with and reject silly, irrelevant distinctions and look at the big picture the sooner we'll SEE and UNDERSTAND the truth. civilization brought us the elite, fascism, authoritarianism, greed, corruption, slavery, poverty, prejudice, war AND capitalism. civilization was an elitist invention designed to solidify, enforce and perpetuate elitist power and control over humanity. and its done just that over the last 6000 years!
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  42. NO KIDDING! what damned lawyer would represent that buffoon after he refuses to pay every lawyer he ever had? trump doesn't have to pay taxes and he doesn't have to pay his lawyers and HE STILL gets legal representation! my god, i can't believe the insane circus our country has become.
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  43. … and I might add that The Buddha, Socrates and Jesus were all anti-elitists and anti-materialists as well. they despised wealth and greed and the corruption they inspire.
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  44. yes, its sad when the elite's propoganda machine makes the lower classes "identify" more with the elite - THAN EACH OTHER! although virtually none of us have a real chance of ever becoming rich! a lot of this BS is promoted by pop culture as singers and rappers have relentlessly PUSHED the pursuit of wealth, at ALL costs, materialism and commercialism on our youth over the last 40 years!
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  45. America is nothing but an oligarchy, argentocracy, plutocracy, kleptocracy and a police-state technocracy. any way you look at it - its a total BS-ocracy!
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  46. there's a sad and horrifying truism concerning the fascist "pro-life" position. they tend to be pro-life... but only until AFTER birth. then you're on your own. and they don't care what happens to you.
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  47. I just saw a thumbnail that reminded me about something. what's happening with J. Assange. my god there's so much crap going on its IMPOSSIBLE to keep up with it all. I guess the old saying is true - "out of sight, out of mind."
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  48. … excellent point. if trump can be deemed "dangerous," which he most certainly can, then what about the GOP elite who have done nothing but make excuses for trump and give him unquestioned loyalty and support. or his cult following who're demonstrating the same mass psychosis the german people demonstrated with hitler, the Russians with stalin, the Italians with mussolini and the Chinese with mao. like these others, trump isn't the disease but a symptom of the disease. removing trump from power WON'T cure this disease of fascism.
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  49. when you have a "two party" political system and one of those parties becomes treasonous and corrupt and represnt the dismantling or the destruction of the republic, you have only two choices. either let them or declare the treasonous party illegal. ever since nixon the GOP has become less democratic, more deceitful, more anti-human rights, more corrupt, and more criminal. meanwhile, over the last 50 years the dems have DONE NOTHING to stop that party from becoming the party of traitors. in fact, over the years they've become MORE like the GOP! i guess watergate, instead of being a major step in removing corruption from govt, was actually the beginning of the end of this country. who'd a thunk it? what did germany do after wwll? they criminalized the nazi party and as a result experienced nearly a century of growth and unity. i suggest we damned well better declare the GOP the criminal, corrupt organization that they are and start rounding up these traitors and throwing them in prison OR we WON'T have a country in 5 or 10 years. and putin, xi and the rest of the damned global and american fascists will have gotten their way AGAIN!
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  50. i'd rather see a record of trump's imprisonment.
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