2016 Postmortem

rhett o rick

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49. I think you give them too much credit. They are not fighting for anything and that's the problem.

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:14 PM

May 2016

In this country we've raised generations of authoritarian followers. These authoritarian followers have no commitment other than to serve their chosen authoritarian leader. They want a mommy.

If you tell them their authoritarian leader is responsible for thousands of deaths, they only respond by calling you names.

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Redistributing Wealth [View all] Octafish May 2016 OP

They run for President so they can influence our economy for their heirs and their friends. insta8er May 2016 #1

The Dulles Brothers School Octafish May 2016 #10

Pushing back against democracy. That is the most telling jwirr May 2016 #18

Thank Gore for the Internet. Octafish May 2016 #19

+1 mmonk May 2016 #40

They are laughing at all of us proles. PowerToThePeople May 2016 #2

To make sure we don't catch on, the elite give us AUSTERITY. Octafish May 2016 #16

It appears that the world has forgotten the Reign of Terror jwirr May 2016 #22

The meme should be "Paying for the value of work". SharonAnn May 2016 #3

Absolutely! Octafish May 2016 #26

redistribution enid602 May 2016 #4

Learned at the hand of a master criminal, his father. Octafish May 2016 #33

A wealth distribution where middle, working, poor, young, and elder demographics PufPuf23 May 2016 #5

And those capitalists have missed the biggest point: Some jwirr May 2016 #23

Yes. Their argument is that everyone benefits from free trade but in practice that is not the case. PufPuf23 May 2016 #28

They want all the money and JEB May 2016 #6

UBS 'n' Tex-us 'n' Just-Us Octafish May 2016 #44

Not only did they pocket most of the wealth made in the last few decades they've rhett o rick May 2016 #7

"We need a revolution." Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #12

It has to be non-violent. The Oligarchy would love an excuse to remove more of our rights and rhett o rick May 2016 #13

Well...that's the overwhelming preference, anyway. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #15

Violent revolutions might succeed in changing the leadership but usually the results rhett o rick May 2016 #20

Oligarchy! CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #45

I am guessing that is about as deep as you go. I picture you with fingers in your ears, rhett o rick May 2016 #50

Oligarchy! CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #55

Oligarchy, Oligarchy, Oligarchy, ignore list, rhett o rick May 2016 #56

Oligarchy! Oligarchy! Oligarchy! CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #57

Buy Partisan Trickle Down Economics is now the gold standard. Octafish May 2016 #46

"PS: If the Congress and Bush and Obama administrations had followed Bernie Sanders' lead, the rhett o rick May 2016 #47

sitting between Bush and Jones and laughing it up. Disgusting. liberal_at_heart May 2016 #8

Jones? jwirr May 2016 #24

Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, a man who made it big in the oil biddniss. Octafish May 2016 #27

Sounds like another Bill. jwirr May 2016 #30

In an Eyes Wide Shut kind of way. Octafish May 2016 #31

They want it all. Every last dime. CrispyQ May 2016 #9

Yep. Carlin absolutely nailed it. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #14

That's where Larry Summers, who whitewashed the Bankster Bailout, comes in. Octafish May 2016 #37

+1 mmonk May 2016 #41

There's never enough for greedy piggies, never. nt nc4bo May 2016 #11

Wealth of richest 400 Americans surges to $2.29 trillion! That's a WOW! Octafish May 2016 #38

I am sure that your graph is too complicated for those that support the Wealthy. rhett o rick May 2016 #48

As, not coincidentally, has the stock market whatthehey May 2016 #54

When you can print your own money, assign your own value and merit to it, felix_numinous May 2016 #17

You are most welcome, felix_numinous. The Cree prophecy is haunting. Octafish May 2016 #39

Aw, look at 'em all happy and smiling. Happier times. vintx May 2016 #21

Anyone listening? Urchin May 2016 #25

People aren't paid a living wage because the rich must have the lion's share. Vinca May 2016 #29

How about my mortgage? That'd help a lot. Octafish May 2016 #32

yup shanti May 2016 #58

I hope the Rockefellers appreciate DU running interference for them. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #34

Hypnosis for a better Hypocrisy Octafish May 2016 #36

why is Bush transmogrifying into Adam DeVine? MisterP May 2016 #35

Switzerland? Octafish May 2016 #42

And apparently all those Hillary supporters want the rich to get richer at THEIR expense. pdsimdars May 2016 #43

I think you give them too much credit. They are not fighting for anything and that's the problem. rhett o rick May 2016 #49

Thank you for promoting honest discussions here. rhett o rick May 2016 #51

Wikileaks vs. the Empire: the Revolutionary Act of Telling the Truth (John Pilger) Octafish May 2016 #52

The comfort of the rich relies on an abundant supply of the poor. Voltaire Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #53