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   -=> Quoting Ron L. to Don Vally <=-   
      
    DV>  I realize it may not be worth it to explain the small details. But   
    DV>  sometimes it helps others to understand. Just a comment.   
      
    RL> The world has had a problem for a long time with people who want to   
    RL> believe that they should be in control of everything/everyone because   
    RL> they are soooo much better/smarter/etc. than us plebes.   
      
    RL> Now, every time they have gotten power, they have royally screwed up   
    RL> things for everyone - except themselves.  Venesuela is a good example.    
    RL> The U.S.S.R.  was another.  We want to call these "socialist"   
    RL> countries, but socialism always devolves into dictatorship.  And   
    RL> history has shown us that these societies (one way or another) kill   
    RL> most of their citizens and collapse under their own weight.   
      
    RL> Now, getting back to today, we see through DOGE and other exposure of   
    RL> gov't "waste" that this "waste and incompetence" wasn't really waste   
    RL> and incompetence.  It was a purposeful plan to funnel tax dollars into   
    RL> someone's pocket and really had nothing to do with the stated purpose   
    RL> of the plan.    
    RL> The root of all this are the Elitists.  People who can't create.  They   
    RL> can't perform.  But they deeply believe that if they were in control,   
    RL> everything will be wonderful.  Did I mention that they ignore Reality   
    RL> and history?    
    RL> For decades, they have been eroding our rights, stealing our tax   
    RL> dollars, destroying our trusted institutions, etc.  At the start, it's   
    RL> hard to call them out because "what was done was so small", but it's   
    RL> like the frog in the pot.  He doesn't notice the temp going up because   
    RL> each increment is too small to feel, so he lets himself be cooked to   
    RL> death.    
    RL> The first Trump presidency, the Biden joke of a presidency, and the   
    RL> COVID scamdemic made them move faster (i.e. turn the heat up a little   
    RL> too fast) and we felt it.  That helped move the curtains aside and let   
    RL> us see what was going on.   
      
    Well I guess I asked for an explanation...   
      
    I got an education...   
      
    Thanks!   
      
   ... If you can't elucidate, obfuscate   
      
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