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Billionaires are often squeezed by autocrats
Billionaires who support autocrats have no guarantee that the autocrat will grant them benefits once elected. Having an autocrat’s ear does not necessarily last. It is quite common to see autocrats discard their supporters. “He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it.” Dune, Frank Herbert. This means that when you bring…
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Our lives depend on the upcoming midterms
Aggression serves no purpose. Insults, lack of restraint, denigration, wanting to punish others, and violence have serious consequences. intransigence has serious consequences on both the left and the right; it is the best way to loose elections. It creates enemies. Improving the world does not mean accusing others. We need more tolerance on both the…
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Losing sight of the “big picture” while fixated on a detail
Thinking selfishly of a small profit, of a small measure and closing one’s eyes to the overall plan is to rush towards one’s own downfall and that of others. Believing that one will be spared is an illusion. One must think of the general interest, of the vision of society as a whole when one…
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The power of a King’s Speech
“King Charles III is a constitutional monarch, meaning that he is Head of State. Although his political and executive powers are limited, the Monarch plays a central role in the life of the nation and has a lot of important responsibilities”. (The Role of the Monarch: https://ndla.no/subject:1:9b93cd9e-a45c-428c-a8fb-b4955169efdf/topic:0b7ab7e5-14c7-4118-b81e-c7d27df3aa6d/resource:ad73b390-5142-49e7-ba86-ef25c74d2e28) But what are these responsibilities? What is this…
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The army’s duty is to stop this fascist
Expert compares Trump’s politics to fascism: https://youtu.be/c4MTns3MyxQ Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ Retired Generel CRUSHES Donald Trump For Calling Fallen Soldiers “Losers”: https://youtu.be/uWmrRpp9MFA?si=A735YTPMYkZJMray Trump’s tweet and fascism: https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2020-08-14/trumps-tweet-and-fascism.html?ssm=TW_CC American Fascism: It Has Happened Here: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/06/22/american-fascism-it-has-happened-here/ Prisonners of wars: https://youtu.be/c_6MGxvSaAY Conservative: https://youtu.be/tlmHVtVIJdU Trump ‘doesn’t care about any of our founding…