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    And by the way, even real socialism wouldn't be such a bad idea, but that will of course never fly, because no regime on the planet has ever truly been socialist ─ not even the USSR, North Vietnam, North Korea or the People's Republic of China. So that sure as hell isn't going to happen in the land of Uncle Sam.
    When it comes to true socialism do you mean something like they had in Star Trek? I would be all for it.
    Yes, that would be the ideal economical model. But alas, mankind is not ready for that yet.

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    It's either way all water under the bridge. As long as money exists, there will be corruption; if not financial, then at the very least moral, because everything now has a monetary value attached to it ─ even human life. And that's why there are no truly socialist regimes in the world: the corruption is everywhere.
    Personally I think that the current economic system is a pyramid scheme and a scam, it can't go on for much longer. As Charles Eisenstein says, our money system creates scarcity. Just look at the likes of Jeff Bezos and his net worth, there is absolutely no sanity to that. Yet there is global hunger and homelessness? I think money alone tells a lot about the state of humanity. This species is not collectively advanced enough to be in a system which would benefit all, because there are always those greedy bastards who want to have more than others. They want to keep others as their servants and slaves. It is ego and arrogance, the lust for power and control.
    Agreed 100%.
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    Man still thinks he can conquer nature. Nature's giving us some lessons now. The people come because of nature, be it disasters, agricultural collapse, or societal collapse.

    I've heard so many Americans talk about how we have so much space and so many resources. We can certainly fit more people, and new blood always brings energy into economic systems.

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    Freedom!!!



    Folks will rip the masks off others' faces and then go cheer at a rally for an ex-President with this list of requirements.

    And then they'll crowd together without masks.



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    (They did decide to prohibit Cylons. That's smart)

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    Quote Originally posted by Wind View Post
    Kulinski must have talked with someone that actually knows something ... Talk about flipping ...
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    Ah, the old bait and switch. Make a peace deal, try to bring them to Camp David for 'negotiations' and then call for more war after you're not President anymore.

    Pure, unadulterated genius.

    I mean, geniass.

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    “Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself

    He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right.

    This is the story of the mastermind behind one of the largest "fake news" operations in the US.

    For two years, he ran websites and Facebook groups that spread bogus stories, conspiracy theories, and propaganda. Under him was a dedicated team of writers and editors paid to produce deceptive content—from outright hoaxes to political propaganda—with the supreme goal of tipping the 2016 election to Donald Trump.

    Through extensive efforts, he built a secret network of self-reinforcing sites from the ground up. He devised a strategy that got prominent personalities—including Trump—to retweet misleading claims to their followers. And he fooled unwary American citizens, including the hacker's own father, into regarding fake news sources more highly than the mainstream media.

    Pundits and governments just might have given Russia too much credit, he says, when a whole system of manipulating people's perception and psychology was engineered and operated from within the US.

    "Russia played such a minor role that they weren't even a blip on the radar," the hacker told me recently. "This was normal for politicians, though… if you say a lie enough times, everyone will believe it."

    Previously dubbed "Hacker X," he's now ready to reveal who he is—and how he did it.

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    There's a lot to this article. Should be an interesting read.

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    It looks like the illusion is beginning to dissipate. The mist is parting. And not as many will be buying in.


    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlFiPcaNs8o


    I feel pretty sure that Trump doesn't actually understand what a strong woman is and so he completely misestimates the power and intelligence of Liz Cheney.

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