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allegorical oracle

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30. As an old woman, I've learned that most changes occur from a "perfect storm" of

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 12:40 PM

Nov 9

conditions. One of those, imo, is ignorance, as the final FDR quote alludes:

Therefore, the only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over its government.

Our population's education has been neglected insofar as history and civics goes. Combine that ignorance with social and right wing "legacy" media misinformation, and the result is a populace that is less capable of sorting truth from fiction.

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I Study Guys Like Trump. There's a Reason They Keep Winning. [View all] Passages Nov 8 OP

History shows how to deal with such dictators Orrex Nov 8 #1

Yes. FDR knew how. Passages Nov 8 #2

Yes, he did.... Dan Nov 8 #3

And while throwing 120,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps? ColinC Nov 8 #4

History indicates he did well. Leaders today could learn: Passages Nov 8 #6

And what, exactly, does history teach us? WWII? Nagasaki and Hiroshima? Who should we bomb? nt LAS14 Nov 8 #12

"... turn them into right-wing propaganda..." uponit7771 Nov 8 #5

That playbook is neither new nor unknown misanthrope Nov 8 #7

Yes. I don't believe he was suggesting it is new. Passages Nov 8 #8

I couldn't read it because I'm not a subscriber misanthrope Nov 8 #9

I am sorry about that, all the paywalls now, so many Passages Nov 8 #11

There's no excuse for a paywall. littlemissmartypants Nov 8 #17

Hey, you're great. Thank you very much. Passages Nov 8 #20

YW, Passages. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 8 #22

Thanks. underpants Nov 9 #26

Link to the paywall free archive: littlemissmartypants Nov 8 #18

But that archived page is not complete intrepidity Nov 9 #32

If it's not... littlemissmartypants Nov 9 #33

It's difficult to oppress an armed citizenry yobrault1 Nov 8 #10

How do we fight back against this particular piece of the scenario he lays out? LAS14 Nov 8 #13

You have an interesting thought. The US has how many armed militias? Passages Nov 8 #14

When he comes for their arms and he will, that yobrault1 Nov 8 #15

They will come for armed liberals first. hadEnuf Nov 8 #16

He'll have to get past... littlemissmartypants Nov 9 #34

I found it without a paywall by googling the title. JoetheShow Nov 8 #19

I added it to the OP. Thank you. Passages Nov 8 #21

Can anyone connect the dots on this for me? Ruby the Liberal Nov 9 #23

He worked for Obama. He is not suggesting it was all on Obama. Passages Nov 9 #24

Yes it does - thank you Ruby the Liberal Nov 9 #25

Your Mom's opinion is not surprising to me. It is an Passages Nov 9 #27

Agreed - and just to clarify Ruby the Liberal Nov 9 #29

As an old woman, I've learned that most changes occur from a "perfect storm" of allegorical oracle Nov 9 #30

Agree, it is a piece of how we got here. No doubt about it. Passages Nov 9 #31

Yeah...voter suppression Dem4life1234 Nov 9 #28