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Wounded Bear

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5. It took FDR 3 full terms and a major war to correct the RW Great Depression...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:49 PM

Oct 3

and he wasn't able to finish the job. Harry Truman tried, but the voters swung back and gave him Repub congresses.

I'm thinking at least one generation, maybe two, assuming we survive at all. We will probably need an entirely new Constitution, which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, because ours is getting a bit dated.

Dark times, and I'm getting too old for much happy talk.

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How long will it take to deMAGAfy the government after he's gone? [View all] Stinky The Clown Oct 3 OP

We are looking at the Second Great Reconstruction. WheelWalker Oct 3 #1

Hopefully it will go better than the first reconstruction choie Oct 4 #12

The next president will have to be willing to overtly defy court orders from Trump-judges Justice Brandeis Oct 3 #2

It's going to have to take a massive, dramatic change in society. Initech Oct 3 #3

I question if it's possible. Where is the money now to put back into budgets? Melon Oct 3 #4

Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg and Ellison stole it all. Initech Oct 4 #16

It took FDR 3 full terms and a major war to correct the RW Great Depression... Wounded Bear Oct 3 #5

The kakistocratic toadies markodochartaigh Oct 3 #6

Optimistically? Decades. At the very least. Orrex Oct 3 #7

Probably decades, as the USSC is a lifetime appointment sakabatou Oct 4 #8

It will never happen. The US has been cultivating these folks for 45 years. They are walkingman Oct 4 #9

A century or two. sinkingfeeling Oct 4 #10

The stench of his maladminstration, and B.See Oct 4 #11

Not until they all die out. choie Oct 4 #13

The deliberate destruction of all our federal infrastructure won't be reversed in my lifetime... Hekate Oct 4 #14

The problem is we will be bankrupt Tree Lady Oct 4 #15

I am concerned how we are going to do that in the first place at this point LyfeTimeDem Oct 4 #17

I agree. I think we are screwed Wifes husband Oct 4 #18

Not possible. The U.S. experiment failed. Time to come up with something new. Blasphemer Oct 4 #19