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re: Desantis sounds like Bernie on crony capitalism. Voters dont care about called socialist
Posted on 11/8/26 at 6:13 am to The_Duke
Posted on 11/8/26 at 6:13 am to The_Duke
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Good- maybe we've finally put an end to the "Trickle Down Economics Theory" that seems to be leading to a billionaire ruling class deciding how much UBI to trickle down to us
Well something has to change. Republicans are on life support. It's time for everyone to consider whether they want Kamala Harris, Jon Ossoff or Josh Shapiro as the next president. Need to choose the most moderate. It's about to be their time.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 6:18 am to Fells
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The reality is that in modern times, power is not held by the government, its held by those with money. The
The reality is that no matter how much money Elon Musk has, he can't put me in prison or confiscate my property, but the government can.
The government has the power and always has had it. The wealthy "buy" government, specifically because that's where the power is.
Conservatives attempt to solve this problem by reducing the power and scope of the government down to a few essential functions. If you limit the power of government, you limit the power that the wealthy can buy.
Liberals want to expand government on the theory that they think they can control it, and the want to use government to limit the wealthy.
It has never worked and it never will.
The bigger government gets, the more power the wealthy can buy. You're not going to stop them from doing so. No one ever has and no one ever will.
Even in socialist countries like pre-80s China and the USSR, that's what happened.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 6:19 am to RelicBatches86
Milton Friedman on free enterprise v big business Actually, he sounds like Milton
Friedman. I hope desantis means it!
Friedman. I hope desantis means it!
This post was edited on 11/8/26 at 6:21 am
Posted on 11/8/26 at 6:21 am to wackatimesthree
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The reality is that no matter how much money Elon Musk has, he can't put me in prison or confiscate my property, but the government can.
And that doesn't even require important people in DC. The C student in high school that's now in law enforcement can do that to you.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 6:28 am to aTmTexas Dillo
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Republicans are on life support.
Oh, good grief.
24 months ago this board was full of MAGA crowing that no Democrat would ever win an election again. 'Muh 'Merca 'Fust/MAGA had the mandate of all the people, the Democrats were done forever.
Am I the only one who remembers that here?
That wasn't true and neither is what you just posted.
People for some reason don't seem to understand that the electorate has shifted away from voting for somebody. They only vote against somebody currently.
And by "the electorate," I don't mean the hardline MAGAs on one side and the blue hairs on the other. They just cancel each other out. I mean the middle vote that actually decides the election.
After aaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllll the investigations, no one has proven that 2020 was lost due to fraud (that's different than saying there was no fraud...there absolutely was, we have video evidence of it...but that's different than fraud being the reason Trump lost).
i know it goes against the MAGA dogma, but just for a minute can we consider the possibility that Trump simply lost the election?
So he won in 2016, beating Clinton. He lost in 2020. He won in 2024. Now this in 2026.
The electorate is simply not happy with anybody and they are just firing everyone every time they get a chance to do it. It's always been that way to a degree, but I think it's more so that way lately.
They'll probably fire Republicans again in the POTUS election in 2028 but after that, they'll likely be ready to fire the Democrats again.
Especially if this beating gets rid of MAGA and reorganizes the R party around some adults.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 6:32 am to wackatimesthree
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They'll probably fire Republicans again in the POTUS election in 2028 but after that, they'll likely be ready to fire the Democrats again.
I agree.
It is a problem when you lose so many seats in the senate. We can't ignore that fact. It could take twelve years or more to begin to straighten that out.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 6:40 am to wackatimesthree
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Especially if this beating gets rid of MAGA and reorganizes the R party around some adults.
Yeah cause the R party has always been run by adults and not a bunch of dopes before OMB saved them
Posted on 11/8/26 at 7:15 am to wackatimesthree
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Especially if this beating gets rid of MAGA and reorganizes the R party around some adults.
Bush 1, Dole, Bush 2, McCain, Romney
frick that.
This country deserves to suffer. I will enjoy it. Give it 5 years, choices like the one for LA mayor will be there for everybody
Posted on 11/8/26 at 7:18 am to wackatimesthree
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Especially if this beating gets rid of MAGA and reorganizes the R party around some adults.
So are you preferring corrupt warmongers like the Bushes to replace our current corrupt warmonger? Or CIA puppets like Reagan?
There are no adults in DC, just rats.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 7:21 am to AUCom96
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There are no adults in DC, just rats.
So let's elect socialists!!!
No matter how popular they get, they will STILL run out of other people's money soon enough for my enjoyment.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 7:25 am to RohanGonzales
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This country deserves to suffer. I will enjoy it. Give it 5 years,
I saw recently that New York passed a law that allows them to take the property that has been "negligently" maintained. They are going to have 400,000 units available for families at low cost.
So...they are going to start taking other people's owned property. Giving it 5 years may lead to the ruin of various states including Texas for which they will never recover.
It is scary times.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 8:56 am to RelicBatches86
it's called 'State Capitalism' and the fathers of socialism regarded it as must have precursor to full blown socialism. it's all coming together for them, for now.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 9:03 am to RelicBatches86
Well, it's been what, over 30 years since the wall fell and then China went to a bastardized communism that has free enterprise in it.
So a generation or two grew up without knowing the harms or evils of socialism/communism. But we think if we just scream those words, it will resonate when it doesn't.
Like Limbaugh said, we have to keep teaching the same things over and over.
Frankly, the election reminded me of 92 when Bush was losing on the economy so his team started calling Clinton liberal all the time as if they were saying boo. Didn't work.
So a generation or two grew up without knowing the harms or evils of socialism/communism. But we think if we just scream those words, it will resonate when it doesn't.
Like Limbaugh said, we have to keep teaching the same things over and over.
Frankly, the election reminded me of 92 when Bush was losing on the economy so his team started calling Clinton liberal all the time as if they were saying boo. Didn't work.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 9:20 am to aTmTexas Dillo
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MAGA is on life support
FIFY
Posted on 11/8/26 at 9:49 am to RelicBatches86
DeSantis is saying the “out loud” part quietly.
The system is broken. It’s fundamentally impossible for a “conservative” platform to fix a broken system. You have to advocate for change, you can’t keep a status quo or argue to go backwards.
You have to go “forward”, but what “forward” looks like is very different across the ideologies.
The system is broken. It’s fundamentally impossible for a “conservative” platform to fix a broken system. You have to advocate for change, you can’t keep a status quo or argue to go backwards.
You have to go “forward”, but what “forward” looks like is very different across the ideologies.
Posted on 11/8/26 at 9:53 am to AUstar
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Socialism, by definition, is no private property at all (for anyone)
Wrong …
Posted on 11/8/26 at 9:56 am to RohanGonzales
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You want other people's money to buy votes.
Trump, hoping to salvage midterms, makes a dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP wins
Posted on 11/8/26 at 9:57 am to RelicBatches86
That's another shot at Trump and I love him even more for it.
Republicans really fricked up by not going to DeSantis in 2024.
Republicans really fricked up by not going to DeSantis in 2024.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 10:26 am to RelicBatches86
Nah, continue to harp on Socialism and communism as the evils they are.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 10:27 am to The_Duke
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leading to a billionaire ruling class
Muh "billionaires...." Just be honest. The only billionaires you dipshit libs have a problem with are conservative billionaires. You're perfectly fine with your Democrat billionaires.
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