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VEGNYC's avatar

Excellent analysis, as always, Mike. And the photo reminds me I've gotta get my Maria Butt Aroma costume outta moth balls in time for Halloween. Scary!

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Sakina's avatar

And let's not forget about how all of the failed red (MAGA) states have their own form of socialism because they benefit from the successful blue states like New York.

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donnab's avatar

Gov control of 15% of Intel and other business sure looks like communism to me. The orange crook can't decide if he's a fascist, communist, or socialist so he stirs it all in a pot and comes up with a stew of chaos to make himself money.

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Curmudgeon's avatar

Mike.

When I heard you referring to Trump's interference in businesses you made the same mistake as every other news outlet that suddenly forgot that oligarchy is the economic model Trump is pursuing because that is what Putin has. If you want to see Trump's goals look no further than a government and a private sector both run by a strong central figure who grows richer and takes care of loyalists. You fell for the trap of using the same loaded words the right has been using, communism and socialism when neither accurately describes Russia's economic model which is closer to what Mussolini branded as "fascism. The question is do American oligarchs want to become like Russian oligarchs and I would wager they wouldn't mind

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Old Dad's avatar

Do you think if we didn’t pay attention to all this hypocrisy it would go away? Avoidance makes things irrelevant. The red wing knows this is all reactionary for the liberals. We expend a lot of energy responding to these assholes. IDK 🤷‍♂️

By the way as a daily listener your take of that woman yesterday commenting on vulgarity was epic. Keep it up.

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Jacki Fromme's avatar

Anyone, are you able to "share" this post. Having a terrible time last two days, the share link is not working!

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Sakina's avatar

You're right, I was unable to email this post.

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John's avatar

The President of Europe is expanding; after Dstates, Canada, Mexico, he'll be over there, over there!

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