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15. So then, they will start wars...

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 10:55 AM

10 hrs ago

...and the poor suckers will die for their cause.

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Has Trump caused you to look at the power structure in the world differently? [View all] kentuck 11 hrs ago OP

I sure looks like it. OLDMDDEM 11 hrs ago #1

Giant egos with giant bank accounts The Madcap 11 hrs ago #2

at least, in the ussr, the babushkas eventually got a cabbage. rampartd 11 hrs ago #3

Oligarchs have all gone full Bond villian Johonny 10 hrs ago #4

Yes, the OP is spot on in a nutshell bucolic_frolic 10 hrs ago #5

That's where we are and it sure feels awful. Biophilic 10 hrs ago #6

Yes. I didn't think that first escalator "Hate Mexicans!" speech would work FullySupportDems 10 hrs ago #7

its turning into a dark sci fi novel Blues Heron 10 hrs ago #8

The biggest surprise to me is that they are so incompetent. yardwork 10 hrs ago #9

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

I think there's a lot of billionaires trying to take over the world. yardwork 10 hrs ago #12

No honor amongst thieves? kentuck 10 hrs ago #13

So then, they will start wars... kentuck 10 hrs ago #15

No because there have always been men like Trump EdmondDantes_ 9 hrs ago #16

No, but as long as we're doing stream of consciousness today, apparently. BannonsLiver 8 hrs ago #17

Don't be so hard on yourself. BannonsLiver 5 hrs ago #21

It's a gift I have. kentuck 5 hrs ago #22

The power brokers used to do their work in private. Boomerproud 5 hrs ago #20

It does to seem that way. kentuck 5 hrs ago #23

No. flvegan 4 hrs ago #24

I tend to agree with most all your points.... kentuck 4 hrs ago #25

Or do we just hear about it more flvegan 1 hr ago #26

Already knew just ripped off the congenitality mask Blue Full Moon 1 hr ago #28