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LSparkle

(12,180 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:15 PM 5 hrs ago

It's all "Ronald McDonald"'s fault ...

Ronnie Raygun started our descent into fascism and we all know who’s trying to finish the job.

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It's all "Ronald McDonald"'s fault ... (Original Post) LSparkle 5 hrs ago OP

I'd say it's even older than that EYESORE 9001 4 hrs ago #1

Well his name equaled 666 BlueKota 4 hrs ago #2

EYESORE 9001

(29,677 posts)

1. I'd say it's even older than that

Reply to LSparkle (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:21 PM

4 hrs ago

Remember that oligarchs and plutocrats tried to stage a coup against FDR at a time when the US could have gone in many different directions. I am not aware of any attempts to install a totalitarian regime during the so-called gilded age, but the 1% of that era figured they already owned everything worth having at the time.

BlueKota

(5,307 posts)

2. Well his name equaled 666

Reply to LSparkle (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 01:14 PM

4 hrs ago

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