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royleegee

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Proud San Diegan through-and-through: Been fortunate to work in RFK campaign in‘68, Jerry Brown in ‘76, Gore in ‘00, California Draft Gore in 2008 and Obama in ‘12. Also Reps. Scott Peters and Lionel VanDeerlin. Followed Joe Biden since ‘72. X @Solaroy

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

A perfect metaphor!
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THX•1138 @ithx1138.bsky.social · 17h

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers"

from Anne of Green Gables

another beautiful autumn scene with the leaves off the trees and on the forest floor. I'm so glad we live in a world where there are Octobers said Lucy Maude Montgomery in Anne of Green Gables.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Sharon 🫶🏻💙🇺🇸🦋🍿 🐸 @sharonsf.bsky.social · 1d

HOLY CRAP..

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 2d

It all fits within the Milton Friedman / University of Chicago framework. “Pure corporate profit makes the world go ‘round” is their motto. Wealth moves intentionally from the have-nots to the top 1% and GOP political contributions go up

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 2d

When the Republican Party says the word “freedom” it doesn’t mean democracy. The word “freedom” to them means the freedom of Western multi-national corporations to drain precious resources from the economy for pure profit

It’s called Friedmanism. Free market Friedmanism

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

American Airlines To Phase Out Complimentary Cabin Pressurization https://theonion.com/american-airlines-to-phase-out-complimentary-cabin-pres-1819576190/

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

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As long as the dirty politicians (read: most all of them in both political parties) can propagandize a relatively small group of intelligent voters to vote along with the blissfully ignorant voters, we are screwed.

Want to learn more:

royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

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During the same period that has seen Chile, Argentina, and all of the other US-backed regime changes, America has seen a major rearrangement of wealth from the middle class to the “oligarch class.”

Coincidence? No, open our eyes. See the big picture.

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

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hedge funds and trusts bought up housing, which subsequently created imbalance in supply and demand of housing, driving up process and leading the homeless population increase

Now Trump and Project 2025 are attempting to bring Shock Treatment to America

Why? Greed

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

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no forthcoming foreign aid from the U.S. The government sold off industries cheap to the future oligarchs to have money enough to hold things together.

It created a great stage for Putin to enter as Russia’s leader

We saw it happen after the Great Recession, when in the midst of chaos, (contd)

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

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after the Disaster requires large sums of Foreign aid. Friedman protégés fan out around the globe to advise the “break-it-first” strategy

In the ‘90’s Jeffrey Sachs assured Russia that it was the only way to move from communism to democracy and capitalism. Unfortunately, there was

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

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again and again, with smaller countries to the benefit of multinational corporations that support American political parties

Who loses every time? The normal, every day, mind-your-own-business people who make up the majority in that particular country.

To assure success,

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

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After, they called it “economic liberalism”

#DisasterCapitalism has its roots in Milton Friedman’s “profit is good” economics.

It calls for major Shock Treatment, followed by mass poverty, bloodshed and a transfer of wealth to the 1%

United States mastered regime-change-by-proxy

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

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Yes have you heard of it?

If not, stay with me.

The end goal has always been to privatize public works.

In Russia, there were no millionaires before #DisasterCapitalism. Immediately after, there were 17 billionaires (oligarchs)

Before Tiananmen Square, it was pure communism

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royleegee @poofitsmagic.bsky.social · 3d

2/ There’s more!

This goes deeper than the eye can see:

Think Chile, in the early ‘70’s
Think Argentina mid ’70’s
Think other American-backed regime changes in the ‘70’s, ‘80’s and even today
Think Tiananmen Square 1989 and what followed
Think Russia 25 years ago

DISASTER CAPITALISM

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