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Showing Original Post only (View all)A question regarding empire? [View all]
Just because I've been on so infrequently for the past 3 weeks and I've been getting a headache this morning trying to wade through what is being protected here and why. I gather some think it is empire.
What does "empire" mean to you? What does getting rid of the American empire mean to you? What are you willing to give up to do so? I think lots of people talk out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to issues like this. What are you willing to give up?
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At this point. WHEN (not IF) we withdraw our empire, our currency will plummet....
Junkdrawer
Feb 2013
#10
They gave up being the badasses of the universe. I'm willing to do the same.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#16
How about we switch roles and fall under somebody else's sphere of influence?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#20
Bullshit. Social democracies function because they've got gov'ts that are more concerned with their
polly7
Feb 2013
#31
Empire means the MIC's tentacles stretch from continent to continent, even where we're not welcome.
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#7
Empires in decline, however, do mean the poor suffer first and disportionately -
leveymg
Feb 2013
#35