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applegrove

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Thu Jun 19, 2025, 06:36 PM Jun 19

Robert Reich:

30 years ago, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.

I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnd0eSuxu84

Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-06-19T18:01:07.653191Z
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Robert Reich: (Original Post) applegrove Jun 19 OP
he called it Skittles Jun 19 #1
Amazing (and revolting) that the categories of "others" he listed then are the same scapegoats today. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 21 #2

eppur_se_muova

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2. Amazing (and revolting) that the categories of "others" he listed then are the same scapegoats today. nt
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:24 AM
Jun 21
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