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   On 08 Nov 2025, Ron L. said the following...   
      
    RL>    
    RL> I hope so too.  But the more I scruitinize our gov't, the more I realize   
    RL> that we don't have a Republic.  We have something that is approaching   
    RL> Fascism.   
    RL>    
    RL> IHMO: I think that's part of why some people embrace socialism.  They   
    RL> feel that Capitalism has failed them.  But what really happened is that   
    RL> we moved away from Capitalism and the failure they are feeling is really   
    RL> what happens when a society turns fascist.   
    RL>    
      
   My thoughts as well.  If I get too deep in a dive I am shocked that we are   
   where we are.   
      
   Freedom and all that goes with it, from a US perspective was not what I was   
   raised in.   
      
   My grandfather served overseas during WWII and I'm sure most "Normies" think   
   this is fully retarded. <--- This is a comment on behavior and not on   
   political leader's chromosomes   
      
   The financial capital of the world may fall to communism.   
      
   Tough times make strong men.  Strong men make GREAT time.  Great times make   
   weak men... Weak men make tough times... and repeat.   
      
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