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bucolic_frolic

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5. Yes, the OP is spot on in a nutshell

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 10:04 AM

6 hrs ago

They tried this in 1939. Global Financial Businessmen were on the same page, but they backed the wrong horse, and many corporations were not global. Today the conditions are prime.

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Has Trump caused you to look at the power structure in the world differently? [View all] kentuck 6 hrs ago OP

I sure looks like it. OLDMDDEM 6 hrs ago #1

Giant egos with giant bank accounts The Madcap 6 hrs ago #2

at least, in the ussr, the babushkas eventually got a cabbage. rampartd 6 hrs ago #3

Oligarchs have all gone full Bond villian Johonny 6 hrs ago #4

Yes, the OP is spot on in a nutshell bucolic_frolic 6 hrs ago #5

That's where we are and it sure feels awful. Biophilic 6 hrs ago #6

Yes. I didn't think that first escalator "Hate Mexicans!" speech would work FullySupportDems 6 hrs ago #7

its turning into a dark sci fi novel Blues Heron 6 hrs ago #8

The biggest surprise to me is that they are so incompetent. yardwork 5 hrs ago #9

I think you are right. kentuck 5 hrs ago #10

It proves there's no all-powerful cabal of oligarchs successfully conspiring to take over the world. betsuni 5 hrs ago #11

I think there's a lot of billionaires trying to take over the world. yardwork 5 hrs ago #12

No honor amongst thieves? kentuck 5 hrs ago #13

Because it's not all about money. They want the power to remake the world according to their own ideology betsuni 5 hrs ago #14

So then, they will start wars... kentuck 5 hrs ago #15

No because there have always been men like Trump EdmondDantes_ 5 hrs ago #16

No, but as long as we're doing stream of consciousness today, apparently. BannonsLiver 4 hrs ago #17

A stream would be an improvement over the trickle that comes from some immense minds... kentuck 3 hrs ago #19

Don't be so hard on yourself. BannonsLiver 1 hr ago #21

It's a gift I have. kentuck 53 min ago #22

Yes, and it looks like it will continue to take over the world or universe. The interconnections are sinkingfeeling 3 hrs ago #18

The power brokers used to do their work in private. Boomerproud 1 hr ago #20

It does to seem that way. kentuck 52 min ago #23

No. flvegan 34 min ago #24

I tend to agree with most all your points.... kentuck 20 min ago #25