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RockRaven

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1. I was listening to a program the other day which was elaborating the characteristics

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sat May 24, 2025, 11:31 PM

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of an empire in decline, purportedly generalizable stuff across many declining empires. Amongst the list was, in not these exact words: the powerful seizing a larger portion of the pie at the cost of the size of the pie.

Whether one agrees that the list is correct or not, or that the US is an empire in decline or not... What seems indisputable by any honest person is: the Trump admin and its sponsors and cronies are destroying the US economy at large in order to enlarge their relative share.

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Quite simply the 1% is stealing everything we have [View all] orangecrush Saturday OP

I was listening to a program the other day which was elaborating the characteristics RockRaven Saturday #1

Greed. Such a VILE disease. dchill Saturday #2

Here is the crazy part, this isn't for the upper 1% FHRRK Saturday #3

And of the .o1 percent, some will start falling out of high windows. MadameButterfly Sunday #10

The most crazy part is that under our present system of justice it is legal. walkingman Sunday #4

Yes they are, but Chump didn't start this FakeNoose Sunday #5

Reagan's chief of staff, Don Regan, was the CEO of Merrill Lynch. rubbersole Sunday #9

Poppy was Ronnie's boss. Clouds Passing Sunday #15

1% not hardly. More like Hornedfrog2000 Sunday #6

For them this is sport MadameButterfly Sunday #11

And I don't know if they see the US crashing or the entire world, but they are in the looting phase and the world burns LT Barclay Sunday #7

Good analogy and good question. orangecrush Sunday #12

And they're UnAmerican in League with Cha Sunday #8

It's been going on for decades. Politicians do not seem to be inclined to stop it. Autumn Sunday #13

Were there those here who saw/anticipated the decline & fall of the American empire elocs Sunday #14