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The US is far and away the least generous country in the West when it comes to free shit for the common man, but sure it's run by bolsheviks. Free shit for the elite is just par for the course in any capitalist oligarchy.

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then it's not Bolsheviks, which is Marxist, it's exactly what Madison intended when he wrote the Constitution. https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/we-the-elites-1

If you don't know what your talking about, then you deserve what you get.

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This. The place is running just like it was supposed to run. An oligarchy. I mean Washington was a shady real estate speculator far more so than trump. Washington even scammed French and Indian war veterans to get rich.

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Rather than quibble about how historical terms and examples apply to the situation currently unfolding perhaps examining the mechanisms would be more productive.

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Yes, and using a defined, universal vocabulary at hand would be a big help. If every word has to be guessed at, then what is the point.

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If by universal you mean planetary then sure go ahead. Since they do not appear to be agreed upon HERE, then that's a lost cause. What I meant was that examining the mechanics and dynamics of "how" is often a more effective route to finding solutions. Examples abound.

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