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2016 Postmortem

Octafish

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6. Or is this a plutocracy.

Reply to Fresh_Start (Original post)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 01:01 PM

Jun 2016

Plutocracy. Oligarchy. Kleptocracy. Kakistocracy. What's the differrence, right, Fresh_Start?

"One of the things that is interesting about reading conspiracy theory is that much of what folks think is conspiracy is really many people acting in concert to make or protect their money." - Catherine Austin Fitts

It's E-Z when you got all four branches of Wall Street on the Potomac on your side.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Fresh_Start Jun 2016 OP

... Faux pas Jun 2016 #1

+10 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #2

I use the comparison the Russian Revolution - proletariat versus tsarists. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #3

I wonder how history would have been different if Kerensky prevailed. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #10

shhh, not supposed to notice that bit. niyad Jun 2016 #4

Yesterday's meme was "blackmailer". Today's is "dictator". arendt Jun 2016 #5

It's for discipline. Octafish Jun 2016 #7

Perfect wife-beater photo! LOL n/t arendt Jun 2016 #8

In the movie, the whole town applauded him. Octafish Jun 2016 #11

Or is this a plutocracy. Octafish Jun 2016 #6

Dictator? You've really jumped the shark buddy. Avalux Jun 2016 #9