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LiberalArkie

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18. It is all the same really. What we called slavery controlled by the elites, the Europeans called serfdom controlled by

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 02:16 PM

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the Lords. Something in that class of people is trying to come back. I believe the non wealthy back in the reptile brains believe that if they just bow a little to the very wealthy that they might be master of the the slaves or serfs. That old "trickle down". They are really craving for the aristocracy to come back.

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See, we are all missing the point: [View all] PCIntern Friday OP

And all who are literate which to magats makes them elitists SheltieLover Friday #1

Where you plant your boots determines perspective bucolic_frolic Friday #2

Indeed. He said that 100 million people have to go. That is a very expansive definition of "the worst of the worst". Midnight Writer Friday #3

It's also... GiqueCee Friday #4

This message was self-deleted by its author cannabis_flower Friday #5

Not all of us. IrishAfricanAmerican Friday #6

It was a rhetorical "we". PCIntern Friday #7

Trump is planning on a Christian dedication for the United States clevergrrrl Friday #8

From a man who has never PCIntern Friday #10

or read the Bible, or asked for forgiveness, or followed the Ten Commandments (any version) etc. etc. etc. MLWR Friday #11

Anyone who did NOT vote for him. Ferrets are Cool Friday #9

This is probably why he's trying to get states' voting records now Bayard Yesterday #31

We are "the enemy within." hay rick Friday #12

You left out LGBTQ, actual Christians who practice Christ's love, and anyone who looks darker than Steven Miller ChicagoTeamster Friday #13

So why then are they going after white men and women from Canada, Germany, Ireland , UK and more? Bev54 Friday #14

To quote me... PCIntern Friday #16

Only French Canadians speak with an accent, most that are locked up are not French Canadian Bev54 Friday #17

The only thing I would change is "non-Christians" to "non-Christian Nationalists"... pat_k Friday #15

It is all the same really. What we called slavery controlled by the elites, the Europeans called serfdom controlled by LiberalArkie Friday #18

Trump was able for form an alliance between them and the religiously insane and see what happened? CTyankee Friday #19

I feel that Trump was just the natural progression of something that started with Nixon, and really got going with LiberalArkie Friday #20

I share your concerns! CTyankee Friday #22

I love the term "religiously insane" johnnyfins Yesterday #28

History tells us what happens when these folks get into control. CTyankee Yesterday #29

It's crazy JustAnotherGen Yesterday #30

I agree 100%. spanone Friday #21

That's the whole point of Trump from the beginning and how he wins, how Republicans win. betsuni Friday #23

Of course happy feet Yesterday #24

He and his moronic followers believing they're the "superior race" would be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic and sad. Dave Bowman Yesterday #25

Agreed, and don't trust them to turn your back to them FullySupportDems Yesterday #26

Hitler was not blond-haired and blue-eyed. usonian Yesterday #27

And I stipulated that where in my post? PCIntern Yesterday #32

Hitler implied that anyone not blond-haired and blue-eyed was inferior (hence lebensborn) but that included himself. usonian Yesterday #33

Thank you for the clarification. PCIntern Yesterday #34