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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
To be fair, the Democrats are only "the Left" in the sense that they are slightly to the left of MAGA (The party formerly known as Republicans) America doesnt really have a left in the sense most of the other nations understand it.😷
DogMan · 61-69, M
@whowasthatmaskedman That's true, we do not have a classic liberal left anymore. They
have been taken over by the woke radical progressive left. This is why they are doing so poorly.

They need to bring back the JFK type Democrats, I could vote for that. The problem is,
the moderate, Classic Liberals would be considered MAGA.

Hell I would take a Bill Clinton of the 90's, he worked with both parties, and wasn't Woke.

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
Yes when they say they want to end "Oligarch" rule they mean Oligarchs that don't donate to the Democratic Party.

As an aside, people use "Oligarch" when they want to imply corruption or malfeasance but use "Billionaire" otherwise. The words are used interchangeably.
joe438 · 61-69, M
Bernie speaks of them as people with a lot of money who want to control the rest of us- and he has millions of dollars and three houses. While he’s not a billionaire, he’s doing exactly what he says the oligarchs do- except most billionaires aren’t doing this.
TexChik · F
@joe438 That's how libs operate, they accuse someone of doing precisely what they are doing, but demonize them for doing it.
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
@joe438 never once seen bernie (nor most democrats for that matter) speak out against George Soros, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, etc.
oldguy73 · 70-79, M
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
Oligarchy - a form of government in which power rests with a small number of people.

George Soros has never formed part of a government.

By "the left" I assume you mean any cause you disagree with? For example, the Central European University that he set up in Budapest.
TexChik · F
Guess ol Bernie calls any conservative administration an oligarchy even though they were elected by the people. He needs a new schtick.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@BrandNewMan They manipulate Donald Trump? 🤔
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@BrandNewMan If that was ever his intention, he has not been very successful. His pro-democracy initiatives have been banned in Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. He had to withdraw from Belarus after being fined by the government. His Central European University had to relocate from Budapest to Vienna after it was repeatedly attacked by the Hungarian government. $23.5m of money that he openly donated to progressive groups in 2003-4 failed to dislodge George W Bush.

Compare with Elon Musk who donated over $250m to Trump's successful election campaign and now wields direct influence over federal spending. The textbook definition of an oligarch.
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
ol' bernie has been going on and on about oligarchs for 30 years, only he's never mentioned any names specifically...🙄
SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
@wildbill83 In addition, his rhetoric used to include calling out millionaires and billionaires against the working class.

Yet when he himself became a millionaire(multi-millionaire now) he suddenly dropped that from his rhetoric.
akindheart · 61-69, F
i think Trump hit them fast and furious. they were reeling of all the changes he made. they are now on the offense throwing whatever they can to smear him. sad but true. follow the noise and you will see where the money went
Liberal projection again .. I'm serious this is a whole thing with them
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
Didn’t JoeB give it to his son ?
carpediem · 61-69, M
If the left didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all. The know other leftists are just as lost as they are, so spewing this nutty rhetoric comes natural.
DogMan · 61-69, M
@carpediem Well, it always seems like whatever nefarious things Democrats are doing,
they promptly accuse the Republicans of doing, with zero proof, but the narrative gets
set.
carpediem · 61-69, M
@DogMan Exactly...just look at the Letitia James scenario with her overvaluing property. LOL... you can't make this stuff up.
Democrats are masters of hypocrisy. 70% of the billionaires are Democrats. They've sacraficed the middle class in America in favor of bolstering Wall Street.

Warren Buffet
Bill Gates
Paul Allen
Steve Ballmer
George Soros
Alex Soros
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Cuban
Oprah Winfrey
Sam Bankman-Fried
Reid Hoffman
Howard Schultz
Tom Steyer
Michael Bloomberg
J.B. Pritzker
Steven Speilberg
Irwin Jacobs
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@BizSuitStacy replace Dems with politicians and I agree .
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@BizSuitStacy But these billionaires are not in government and exert no influence over government, so they cannot be oligarchs.

Musk does and is.
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AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout you left out Hilldog. Her husband put her in charge of the nations healthcare . Similar to what Orange did for Elon .
TexChik · F
They exist only in his thick yankee accented mind ... just like the boogey man!
TexChik · F
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