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re: It would seem that the President is trying to tell us something.

Posted on 5/27/26 at 4:11 pm to
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
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Posted on 5/27/26 at 4:11 pm to
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If the Deep State is that ineffective, it's not really worth worrying about, is it?

Largely, which is why the boogeyman/talking point has always made me laugh and why I came up with muh CIA and CIA bros

Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 5/27/26 at 4:11 pm to
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You never explicitly state your position on anything.

Strawman

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Why?

I can't explain your strawman.
Posted by i am dan
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Posted on 5/27/26 at 8:40 pm to
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They are recent developments. Only about 50 years old for the petrodollar and 35-ish for US hegemony.


Like I said....

And according to you, it has been for at least 35 years. So yeah, US hegemony and the petrodollar are tenets of all version of any govt.

This post was edited on 5/27/26 at 8:41 pm
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
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Posted on 5/27/26 at 8:41 pm to
Governments existed prior to WW2
Posted by i am dan
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Posted on 5/27/26 at 8:45 pm to
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Governments existed prior to WW2 ?


We are talking about now.

Who cares about pre-WWII? What does that have to do with today and the US Govt's current influence?
This post was edited on 5/27/26 at 8:47 pm
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 5/27/26 at 8:46 pm to
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We are talking about now.

So you're picking the framing of exclusively the time of US hegemony to say all forms of government require US hegemony. Brilliant.

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Who cares about pre-WWII?

Who doesn't?

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What does that have to do with today in the US Govt influence?

Thousands of years of governments, data on humans/society, etc.
Posted by i am dan
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Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:56 am to
Are we talking about current global politics or global politics from 80 years ago?

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