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rhett o rick

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5. Those that believe they can be in the 1% don't understand that if everyone was in the 1%

Reply to Hydra (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 14, 2015, 11:12 PM

Sep 2015

it'd be the 100%. Dipshit McConnell said that we are not the land of the haves and have nots, but the land of the haves and the soon to have. Those that believe that don't understand that if everyone was in the haves, we would have socialism. Too many Americans are gullible. It's the lottery mentality.

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Why So Many Americans Defend the Failed Capitalist Experiment [View all] eridani Sep 2015 OP

As Steinbeck once wrote... RufusTFirefly Sep 2015 #1

was going to paraphrase that. aidbo Sep 2015 #2

Ya, always just one step away from getting back to their rightful place in the 1% Hydra Sep 2015 #3

Those that believe they can be in the 1% don't understand that if everyone was in the 1% rhett o rick Sep 2015 #5

And not just gullible - TBF Sep 2015 #7

I didn't know that one. Orwell and Steinbeck...we use to worship them in schools. rusty quoin Sep 2015 #4

It isn't an "experiment" and it hasn't failed at all ... Old Union Guy Sep 2015 #6