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In reply to the discussion: So many of us have been accused on here of wanting a Glorious Revolution. Let's get out with it! [View all]CleanLucre
(284 posts)108. "This economy is rapidly approaching a point where it doesn't even need 95% of the population."
"This economy is rapidly approaching a point where it doesn't even need 95% of the population."
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So many of us have been accused on here of wanting a Glorious Revolution. Let's get out with it! [View all]
Zalatix
Jun 2012
OP
I wanna take this serious but the other day you posted that being gay was a choice and now I can't
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#2
People should avoid you then, if they don't want to suffer from mesothelioma. You're toxic!
MADem
Jun 2012
#9
I think everyone's prices for everything--except, perhaps, real estate--are more expensive.
MADem
Jun 2012
#69
The "Glorious Revolution" was something quite different to the French Revolution.
Spider Jerusalem
Jun 2012
#13
The "Glorious Revolution" that was mentioned in the other thread referred to the Russian one.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#16
"This economy is rapidly approaching a point where it doesn't even need 95% of the population."
CleanLucre
Jun 2012
#108
To hell with small, incremental changes. WE NEED IMMEDIATE AND RADICAL CHANGE!
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#156
LOL thanks for showing that you have nothing to back up your ridiculous argument.
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#165
Very interesting discussion here. I have no skin in the personal side of this back and forth, so I
Laura PourMeADrink
Jun 2012
#38
Ah...good idea...a 100% personal-free exchange of ideas forum. For that matter
Laura PourMeADrink
Jun 2012
#112
Summer Hathaway is away right now trying to find examples of those 'incremental steps'
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#127
Rec list suggests that 14 people say I pwned Summer Hathaway. Bet that hurts you a lot.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#128
Oh quit your whining about a lack of unrec. Besides, your champion has scurried off anyway.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#134
we seem to have a disconnect here. you're the one getting all angy and i'm the one laughing...
dionysus
Jul 2012
#144
Meanwhile, "Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes. That's
Zorra
Jun 2012
#76
Yes, I agree. My point was some of us were being accused of wanting the 1917 Russian revolution
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#22
I thought it was embarrassing that you thought the Glorious Revolution referred to the Bolsheviks
alcibiades_mystery
Jun 2012
#44
Considering the context in which it was mentioned, and the responses that came from others
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#47
I'll tell ya what... if we can put an end to campaign contributions, we almost win it ALL.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#90
Hell if I know. I can't figure out why the Democrats don't come out en masse for Occupy.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#101
And now character assassinations are a new weapon to use against true liberals.
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#150
OK. Still, its results were purely reactionary, and helped create the "British Empire".
Ken Burch
Jun 2012
#121
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable" -JFK
Fumesucker
Jun 2012
#25
History shows that sooner or later there is an uprising against the oppressor.
hobbit709
Jun 2012
#28
However, we were successful in making great change becuase of those social movements!!!!
robinlynne
Jun 2012
#109
I don't think it's *possible* to know what is meant by the phrase "Glorious Revolution".
Occulus
Jun 2012
#63
not the OP. he/she is referring to disgusting OP written yesterday, which called 1917 the glorious
robinlynne
Jun 2012
#111
Take off the rose colored blinder glasses and you might be able to see the numbers on TV.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#43
You will never be able claim that I am factually wrong. You have no counter argument.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#75
Well, I just did. And what I said is 100% correct, too. You can't refute anything I said.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#86
I'd like to look more closely at what happened in the Scandinavian countries
Lydia Leftcoast
Jun 2012
#70
If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone, anyhow
MjolnirTime
Jun 2012
#77
If you're going to quote Lennon, you should know that he later admitted he regretted those lyrics.
white_wolf
Jun 2012
#80
Wow. Thanks, I never knew that, w_w. You may find this Rolling Stone interview with John
Zorra
Jun 2012
#82
Yes, The 1% Plan Is To Make Life So Miserable That The 99% Turn On Each Other
cantbeserious
Jun 2012
#130