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In reply to the discussion: A few things about cutting SS and Medicare [View all]keep_left
(2,689 posts)...and to be fair, it is indeed a challenge to keep up with all the crap that is spewed every day by Trump and his cronies. And that is the goal; Steve Bannon called this strategy "flooding the zone with shit". Apparently, a number of DUers have forgotten some key recent events (which is what Bannon wants).
Nevertheless, a few days ago, Eloon was heard in an audio clip posted to X calling for "severe hardship" for just about everyone, in exchange for a promised "future prosperity". It's the old Nazi "useless eaters" line, just dressed up a bit and marketed better. Eloon basically called everyone who's not a billionaire a "taker" and more or less called for the impoverishment of most Americans. The billionaire class apparently now feels free to go completely mask-off, which is a bad sign for the stability of the country, because he's basically saying that society doesn't matter. It's the old Maggie Thatcher line "there is no such thing as society", except that these people now really believe their own hype (Thatcher most definitely did not).
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