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DrFunkenstein

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7. A Willingness to Tackle Corruption, Prioritize The Working Class Over The Donor Class

Reply to LuvLoogie (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 12:04 PM

6 hrs ago

We need to show the leadership that economic populism and an anti-corruption platform with teeth is the direction home, not hoping to be seen as the lesser evil.

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