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      I hope it doesn’t…

      I’d rather see it burn to the ground deliberately.

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      Can’t really agree. If that’s the case it’s a bribe. If it’s not, it’s wasted tax dollars. Either way it doesn’t look good.

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      Privately funded projects like this still come from exploited surplus value, there aren’t any working class folks decking out a ballroom for 200 million. Whether it be directly through taxation or indirectly through capitalist appropriation, it’s still coming from the working class.

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    I misread that as “bathroom” and kinda belived it for a second…

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    Noo, Trump. You forgot that your palace seat of government needs to be outside of the city so you can have even more control over the royalty totally democratically elected politicans by making them kiss your rancid rear while being out of their offices. You already have the make-up part & ridiculous hair-do down so well.

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    Lib. “Crony capitalism” is not a thing. It’s just capitalism. There is no form of capitalism that doesn’t involve cronyism, that is just the natural conclusion of private ownership.

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          I like to blatantly call it out for those that are still struggling with it. I understand for those like us, it is redundant.

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            That is not only not helpful but actually bad. You’re just muddying the waters.

            The communists disdain to hide their views and aims

            You are doing the opposite of blatantly calling it out you are reinforcing those who may be still struggling to understand in their assumption that this is the “bad” capitalism and leaving open the idea there is some sort of “good” capitalism.

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      I agree with you 100%, and Marx was very clear that capitalism is filled with theft and oppression. It’s nice that Marx also at times rested his critique of capitalism abstracting all the crony-ness and analyzed capitalism with ‘good intentions,’ showing that even without the oppression/theft it’s a failed system.

      edit: misread!

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    Building an opulent ballroom while making sure millions will lose their homes, go without healthcare, and starve? This sounds like the last days of the French monarchy.

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      It’s actually just a distraction. The real corruption is the 5 trillion in tax cuts for billionaires and the 1 trillion in healthcare cuts for Medicaid to partially for it. If you’re talking millions you’re being distracted.

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    No, no, no. He and his buddies are going to pay for it! They all just came into an unexpected windfall when a bunch of poors decided they didn’t need their healthcare anymore!

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      It’s not like they’d get Healthcare if this project wasn’t greenlit. It’s <$12 per person. He’s wasted far more money on things equally as stupid.

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    So, I’ve been going through making profiles for everybody, starting with Jeffrey Epstein, and generating a new, connected note when I see new information (Obsidian). I’m running with the hypothesis and framework that “The Establishment” is a real criminal enterprise. What I’ve found seems to be five branches, ranging from finance to intelligence, all interconnected. Two prevalent philosophies beyond greed and power: Christen Zionism and Transhumanism. Basically, it is a big coherent effort by lots of individuals and agencies with like goals. Trump, I call the disruptor. Basically, Trump seems to be so full of himself that he thinks he can take on the system AND be a dictator, from what I’ve gathered (189 profiles, including individuals, agencies, events, timeline, doctrines)

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    Better to get upset about a stupid ballroom than any other, more damning issue in the current news cycle that the current administration might prefer you forgot about…