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In reply to the discussion: Effects from the man who set himself on fire that nobody is talking about: [View all]TBF
(33,392 posts)32. If you do a search for the Ponzi Papers
they will come up on Substack under the pseudonym he used & you can see what he was going on about.
I used to post more on here in the socialist forum, but I don't know if that is even active anymore. I was on here more before 2016 - I was very active when Obama was running. Like Biden he was also not particularly progressive, but I knew he could win. I can see what we have in this country, but I'm also pragmatic (and I suppose not much of a revolutionary when push comes to shove). Especially the Trump years and the very distinct ways he hurt women encourage me to remember this is a long game.
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Effects from the man who set himself on fire that nobody is talking about: [View all]
niyad
Apr 2024
OP
Those are good points, we can't act as if individual violence doesn't affect us as a whole
Walleye
Apr 2024
#1
What do you mean? They got there with the fire extinguisher in less than 2 minutes. The man was determined to
mucifer
Apr 2024
#31
Maybe because his attorney changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity
MorbidButterflyTat
Apr 2024
#28
I was definitely thinking of how people who witnessed this could be affected.
electric_blue68
Apr 2024
#11