You know, DOGE, fascist president and corporations dictating what people can do, institutions being ruined, laws being ignored. Is there any way out of that or is it over? Is the USA done?

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    There are some seeds of hopefulness this week.

    20% of savings will be put towards a “freedom dividend”. With cuts to military.

    Freedom dividends is answer to everything. Disempowers government discretion, empowers people. Sales taxes and carbon taxes directly funding dividends becomes progressive taxes. Transferring “conditional poverty welfare” to dividends is path to eliminating homelessness, and not having a 50% clawback on work income that is a huge work disincentive.

    Progressive versions of UBI/freedom dividends is just a higher amount with higher taxes. But a conservative version that still tries to maintain (as close as legally allowed systemic) slavery, is still a path to a long term sustainable fix for country.

    End to proxy war on Russia.

    Facts genuinely support that US/NATO controlled/manipulated Ukraine into provoking war on Russia. By far the most demonic war the US has ever started, with specific objective of diminishing Russia to the last Ukrainian. That Blackrock can get cheap land and resources in the end does not help Americans. Nothing about this war helps world. Climate sustainability cannot be a 2nd priority to war, and oil industry profits, and forcing massive diesel use and refinery terrorism to operate the war. Pure demonic hatred/mission to destroy/destabilize Russia is not going to get it to cooperate on energy transition. Before Biden, they were cooperating with Europe to mutual benefit.

    Massive war spending increases from NATO to match forced Russian/China production increases is not path to human sustainability, or even a path to likely victory over Russia/China. Getting the DNC to force us into candidacy of the most republican/neocon/zionist candidate possible makes all progressive policies impossible due to lower priority. Both a small UBI, and war de-escalation, means having a progressive alternative have a chance, instead of appealing to the Dick/Liz Cheney wing of the democratic party.

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      Facts genuinely support that US/NATO controlled/manipulated Ukraine into provoking war on Russia.

      You misspelled “delusions”

      I’m going to ignore the rest of the garbage that you wrote as it’s obviously of similar quality.

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        no one ever counters how wonderful your life is for having a war on Russia. Post was about saving the world.

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          Right. Sure. Keep shilling for daddy Putin, you’ll get your promotion for sure if you keep it up.

          Fuck you, Russia STARTED this fight. Imperialism and capitalism are the god damn problem, and here you are enabling them both.

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      Everyone here was alive when the invasion started. Russia invaded Ukraine. THEN Ukraine considered entering NATO. They were happy to stay out of it as long as Russia stayed away. They didn’t. Some saw it coming, as Russia has violated just about every treaty they’ve entered.

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        Everyone here was alive when the invasion started. Russia invaded Ukraine.

        No, you just woke up then. Israel “loved Palestinians” before history started on October 7th. When history started on 9/11, it was proof that “they just hate us for our freedom”.

        Russia’s red lines (No NATO) for not being forced into the Ukraine war were consistent prior to war, as they are now. It is west/Ukraine who lied their way through Minsk process.

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      It’s so sad watching idiots repeat what they’ve been told to. Please attempt to remove Putin’s lips from your ass so I don’t have to see him puppet your body with his tongue.

      Our country is fucked but we don’t need idiots who weren’t functional enough to go to Ukraine shoveling shit and lies at us.