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mrbeano

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Yes, it’s all culture war slop. “Elon Musk is the best!”

I’d much rather thousands of dollars of my taxes go overseas to provide art & culture, then billions going overseas as bombs dropped on Palestinian children. But that’s just me. I’ll always prioritize culture over murder.

They’re slashing USAID and feeding us the BS that these tax dollars are “better spent on Americans”, but they won’t be spent on the working class. Ever. They’ll go to defense contractors or Trump’s buddies. I watched the video, and I want my 2 minutes back.

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Exactly! Why would we stoop to helping anyone anywhere with anything when that money could be safely parked in an oligarch’s account!?!? (overseas, out of sight, of course)

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And for you, good sir!

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But there are way, way more comments, posts, and articles about how he’s reneged on his promises & will continue to hurt people for the sake of hurting people… In the face of authoritarianism, you’re worried about decorum?

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The tone he had on Monday’s Daily Show was, “let’s not start throwing around the word fascism yet”. He apparently still has faith in the courts? https://archive.org/details/COM_20250128_070000_The_Daily_Show

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Well said. The satisfaction & reassurance of being in a “righteous” group is very powerful. No matter the reality, the group reinforces itself & calms dissent. Like a terrible & warm blanket. Then it’s very terrifying when you realize what you are & where you could be led. Thank you for the lesson, religious youth groups.

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Same! And with great power comes great responsibility… for properly wrapped text

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Some LED lights create interference with garage door openers & key fobs. Maybe you’re parking near a security light or holiday decorations?

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