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Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency (www.theguardian.com)
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Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to ‘unprecedented’ level

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[–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So, 50% of the population is responsible for the horrors the other 50% perpetrated on the world? Talk about blaming the victim.

I don't know where you live, or how old you are, but I have a feeling that you should probably keep your opinions to yourself until you have a little more to stand on, because that was a terrible take.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    My impression is that the left just kind of petered out around the 1980s, because there was a broadly felt sense that "everyone is middle class now" - leaving the US with a "leftist" party that really was more "moderately conservative", and a Republican party that was fumbling its way closer and closer to fascism, via "populist" conservatism.

    To quote the usual phrase: Republicans are the reason things got worse, Democrats are the reason things did not get better. I think that's what people are getting at. If you want to get out of this situation, the US needs Democrats who actually want to make things significantly and noticeably better - and Democrats who stand in the way of that, are part of the problem.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    It's wild to me that everyone wants to blame the people they think should be fixing the system instead of blaming the ones that broke it...

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    Listen, lil bruh, degrading comments leave you with less stand on because they're hollow and cheap. Maybe if the Democowards had more to stand on in 2024 beyond being a four-year pause button instead of actually furthering socialist policies that benefit anyone, people would give enough of a shit to leave the house in November.

    I'd camp out in the parking lot for AOC.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    The DNC didn't drive down engagement, the "both sides", the "Kamala is a cop", and the "Kamala Supports Genocide" people did. Things like that only further the GOP agenda. I don't want another repeat of the last 4 years, so I don't really give a shit if they run Kamala again or Hunter Biden, because literally anything is better than what we have now. Is AOC a better candidate? Yes, no doubt. But in a year and a half, ifshe's running, people like you will find some flaw in her policy and claim she's just another "corpodemocrat mouthpiece."

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