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EdmondDantes_

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16. No because there have always been men like Trump

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:15 AM

11 hrs ago

Sometimes it takes the form of endless greed, sometimes racism, fear mongering about some other. Some honestly think they are best equipped to rule but get lost in that delusion.

Many of them flame out without getting noticed. But some manage to find holes in their society to exploit. Hitler wasn't the first guy to blame things on Jewish people, or foreigners, he wasn't the last. But at the time Germany was primed for someone like Hitler. Maybe someone else would have focused more on France/England or Russia, or fell into his madness sooner, but maybe it would have been a general who wasn't as ambitious as Hitler and not flamed out as relatively quickly (obviously not soon enough).

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Has Trump caused you to look at the power structure in the world differently? [View all] kentuck 13 hrs ago OP

I sure looks like it. OLDMDDEM 13 hrs ago #1

Giant egos with giant bank accounts The Madcap 13 hrs ago #2

at least, in the ussr, the babushkas eventually got a cabbage. rampartd 13 hrs ago #3

Oligarchs have all gone full Bond villian Johonny 13 hrs ago #4

Yes, the OP is spot on in a nutshell bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #5

That's where we are and it sure feels awful. Biophilic 12 hrs ago #6

Yes. I didn't think that first escalator "Hate Mexicans!" speech would work FullySupportDems 12 hrs ago #7

its turning into a dark sci fi novel Blues Heron 12 hrs ago #8

The biggest surprise to me is that they are so incompetent. yardwork 12 hrs ago #9

I think you are right. kentuck 12 hrs ago #10

It proves there's no all-powerful cabal of oligarchs successfully conspiring to take over the world. betsuni 12 hrs ago #11

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

No honor amongst thieves? kentuck 12 hrs ago #13

Because it's not all about money. They want the power to remake the world according to their own ideology betsuni 12 hrs ago #14

So then, they will start wars... kentuck 12 hrs ago #15

No because there have always been men like Trump EdmondDantes_ 11 hrs ago #16

No, but as long as we're doing stream of consciousness today, apparently. BannonsLiver 10 hrs ago #17

A stream would be an improvement over the trickle that comes from some immense minds... kentuck 9 hrs ago #19

Don't be so hard on yourself. BannonsLiver 7 hrs ago #21

It's a gift I have. kentuck 7 hrs ago #22

Yes, and it looks like it will continue to take over the world or universe. The interconnections are sinkingfeeling 10 hrs ago #18

The power brokers used to do their work in private. Boomerproud 7 hrs ago #20

It does to seem that way. kentuck 7 hrs ago #23

No. flvegan 7 hrs ago #24

I tend to agree with most all your points.... kentuck 6 hrs ago #25

Or do we just hear about it more flvegan 3 hrs ago #26

I don't think all the billionaires would have all lined up behind the president in the Oval Office... kentuck 3 hrs ago #27

Already knew just ripped off the congenitality mask Blue Full Moon 3 hrs ago #28