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kentuck

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27. I don't think all the billionaires would have all lined up behind the president in the Oval Office...

Reply to flvegan (Reply #26)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 07:08 PM

7 hrs ago

... as they did behind Trump. They felt they had the power and they were going to take full advantage of it. I don't think that would have happened again in our lifetimes. They are emboldened.

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Has Trump caused you to look at the power structure in the world differently? [View all] kentuck 16 hrs ago OP

I sure looks like it. OLDMDDEM 16 hrs ago #1

Giant egos with giant bank accounts The Madcap 16 hrs ago #2

at least, in the ussr, the babushkas eventually got a cabbage. rampartd 16 hrs ago #3

Oligarchs have all gone full Bond villian Johonny 16 hrs ago #4

Yes, the OP is spot on in a nutshell bucolic_frolic 16 hrs ago #5

That's where we are and it sure feels awful. Biophilic 16 hrs ago #6

Yes. I didn't think that first escalator "Hate Mexicans!" speech would work FullySupportDems 16 hrs ago #7

its turning into a dark sci fi novel Blues Heron 15 hrs ago #8

The biggest surprise to me is that they are so incompetent. yardwork 15 hrs ago #9

I think you are right. kentuck 15 hrs ago #10

It proves there's no all-powerful cabal of oligarchs successfully conspiring to take over the world. betsuni 15 hrs ago #11

I think there's a lot of billionaires trying to take over the world. yardwork 15 hrs ago #12

No honor amongst thieves? kentuck 15 hrs ago #13

Because it's not all about money. They want the power to remake the world according to their own ideology betsuni 15 hrs ago #14

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

No because there have always been men like Trump EdmondDantes_ 15 hrs ago #16

No, but as long as we're doing stream of consciousness today, apparently. BannonsLiver 14 hrs ago #17

A stream would be an improvement over the trickle that comes from some immense minds... kentuck 13 hrs ago #19

Don't be so hard on yourself. BannonsLiver 11 hrs ago #21

It's a gift I have. kentuck 10 hrs ago #22

Yes, and it looks like it will continue to take over the world or universe. The interconnections are sinkingfeeling 13 hrs ago #18

The power brokers used to do their work in private. Boomerproud 11 hrs ago #20

It does to seem that way. kentuck 10 hrs ago #23

No. flvegan 10 hrs ago #24

I tend to agree with most all your points.... kentuck 10 hrs ago #25

Or do we just hear about it more flvegan 7 hrs ago #26

I don't think all the billionaires would have all lined up behind the president in the Oval Office... kentuck 7 hrs ago #27

Already knew just ripped off the congenitality mask Blue Full Moon 7 hrs ago #28