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“A nation ignorant of the equal benefits of liberty and law, must be awed by the flashes of arbitrary power: the cruelty of a despot will assume the character of justice; his profusion, of liberality; his obstinacy, of firmness” — Edward Gibbon (who wrote ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’)
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DrBob, 🧠 Mechanic
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“A nation ignorant of the equal benefits of liberty and law, must be awed by the flashes of arbitrary power: the cruelty of a despot will assume the character of justice; his profusion, of liberality; his obstinacy, of firmness” — Edward Gibbon (who wrote ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’)
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Feb 18, 2026
%Billionaires Gone Wild
A few stories about centibillionaires — men whose net worth exceeds $100 billion — and their role in our society:
· In 2022 Elon #Musk, the richest man in the world, purchased Twitter. Since then he has turned the platform into a racist cesspool, overrun by literal Nazis.
· Last year #Skydance Media, run by #DavidEllison — the son of #LarryEllison, the world’s 6th richest man — acquired #Paramount, which includes #CBS. The new management put #BariWeiss, a conservative pundit with no relevant experience, in charge of CBS News.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/billionaires-gone-wild #ellison #plutocracy
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𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕪𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 "𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘺𝘤𝘦" 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦 i live near # RochesterNY # Rochester # NewYork # NY # FingerLakes # WesternNY # Ganondagan
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𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕪𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 "𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘺𝘤𝘦" 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦 i live near # RochesterNY # Rochester # NewYork # NY # FingerLakes # WesternNY # Ganondagan
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the plutocrat-bigot political axis:
the plutocrats feed the bigots what they want, and the bigots dutifully elect the plutocrats
#bigotry doesn't care that the plutocrats are what is really destroying the #usa. they will happily accept even more impoverishment while the plutocrats get richer, as long as the bigot gets to hate
you can detail to #MAGA exactly how #plutocracy is destroying their lives
they will accept it
they don't care
as long as they get to hate
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𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕪𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 "𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘺𝘤𝘦" 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦 i live near # RochesterNY # Rochester # NewYork # NY # FingerLakes # WesternNY # Ganondagan
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𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕪𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 "𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘺𝘤𝘦" 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦 i live near # RochesterNY # Rochester # NewYork # NY # FingerLakes # WesternNY # Ganondagan
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Dec 26, 2025
34 years ago today, the #SovietUnion officially ceased to exist. December 26, 1991
Apologies to #tankies (not really) but it was a very good thing
Not liking the #Soviet Union has nothing to do with loving #capitalism or loving the #West, it's about despising #imperialism
Anyone who has a problem with my sentiment:
Talk to someone who lived in #EasternEurope or under the Soviet umbrella
We must defeat #plutocracy in the West
The Soviet way is not the way
Happy #SovietUnionCollapseDay
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