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We were once a nation to be envied. We are now a nation to be pitied. (Original Post) CousinIT Apr 27 OP
Not pitied, reviled RainCaster Apr 27 #1
Right blubunyip Apr 27 #2
Yes unfortunately bdamomma Apr 27 #5
And laughed at; a laughingstock. nt CousinIT Monday #14
A nation to be avoided, a nation to be distrusted. dem4decades Apr 27 #3
Above all else, a nation to now be feared. nt Celerity Apr 27 #4
It is not the bdamomma Apr 27 #6
Oligarchy Iamscrewed Apr 27 #7
What SHitler loves about the gilded age: CousinIT Monday #15
A nation to be distrusted. Our word means nothing. Demobrat Apr 27 #8
Those Billionaires & Corps who won't pay their Fair Share Cha Apr 27 #9
And they get most of the benefits of our government working for THEM! FakeNoose Apr 27 #12
Not a little truth a whopping big TRILLION $$ TRUTH! Fla Dem Apr 27 #10
Great post, CousinIT red dog 1 Apr 27 #11
Kick. N/T Upthevibe Apr 27 #13
It didn't take long, did it. Less than 100 days. The free nations of the world no longer trust us, elocs Monday #16
It took Hitler 53 days... CousinIT Monday #17

dem4decades

(12,723 posts)
3. A nation to be avoided, a nation to be distrusted.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:57 PM
Apr 27

A nation to be remembered as once almost great.

Iamscrewed

(198 posts)
7. Oligarchy
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:06 PM
Apr 27

Study the past tax structure-compared to economy then to today. This isn't fucking rocket science. The sleeping idiot's need to be woken up before we're wading through the stinking decomposing bodies.

CousinIT

(11,301 posts)
15. What SHitler loves about the gilded age:
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:51 AM
Monday

No taxes, only tariffs. Which were paid for by the dirt poor "everyone else" who weren't the wealthy robber barons. The wealth robber barons ran the country, industry, everything -- and everyone else was dirt poor and worked 7 days/week (no labor laws and no "social safety net&quot - everyone else had no life and no wealth - just slavery to support the robber barons.

That's why he loves that age. He wants to return us to THAT.

FakeNoose

(37,242 posts)
12. And they get most of the benefits of our government working for THEM!
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 07:04 PM
Apr 27

Even so, they want to cheat Uncle Sam (and the rest of us) without paying for their ample benefits.

red dog 1

(30,828 posts)
11. Great post, CousinIT
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:36 PM
Apr 27

Love the Ferlinghetti quote, and that billboard needs to be put up all over America...it's perfect!

elocs

(24,199 posts)
16. It didn't take long, did it. Less than 100 days. The free nations of the world no longer trust us,
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 10:17 AM
Monday

meaning enough of our electorate to vote Trump into the presidency and enough to do it again in the future. Were I them, I wouldn't trust the people of America either not to do it again.

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