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I do appreciate him speed running his downfall for us. It's a few years overdue but I'll take it.
I'm so happy to get the slightest bit of good news lately. How awesome would it be if this unchecked rampant corruption and greed led to significant reforms for democracy and an era of consequences and litigation against the billionaires.
How awesome would it be if this was the collapse of capitalism in the utopia sense, as opposed to the 'end of civilization' sense. Maybe? :)
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Sounds about right.
Seems pretty full to me
Pass that shit, man. Ain't a mic, damn.
we're in the middle of a hostile government takeover
i wanna talk about it but I'd be late for work
and if you're saying 'wait a minute, who we have to stop this?'
we had one but you didn't want that lady in office
There was no way to vote out this problem. It didn't start with Trump and it won't end with Trump. The democratic party's solution has been "never lose an election" and we saw their strategy in action when they lost.
This is literally going to be the anthem of the next 4 years. This shit is so lit!!!