America is lurching into a late Soviet stupor, where nothing works, government doesn't do anything, the leader is a decrepit husk, and the wealthiest cronies of the leader steal everything they can rip off the walls while the people starve. - ThreadSky

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rothschildmd.bsky.social • 7 hours ago

America is lurching into a late Soviet stupor, where nothing works, government doesn't do anything, the leader is a decrepit husk, and the wealthiest cronies of the leader steal everything they can rip off the walls while the people starve.

Reposted from Thor Benson

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cogbarn.bsky.social•7 hours ago

and Vladimir Putin is patiently waiting to seize total control.

plastichymn.bsky.social•6 hours ago

To turn a democracy into an authoritarian state you can either boil the frog, Turkey style and it will take a decade or two, or a revolution by purging the old guard and forcing an economic transition, Iran style.

pondlife.bsky.social•7 hours ago

An oligarchy, then.

gogreenranger.bsky.social•7 hours ago

It also feels like an indictment of capitalism that this fundamentally necessary government work is stopped because they have to pay for equipment.

I don't understand how companies aren't donating to medical departments, medical labs, etc.

I hope when we rebuild society afterwards, we fix that.

miggieblue.bsky.social•7 hours ago

And all this just so your billionaires get a tax cut?
I don’t understand how ordinary Americans aren’t out marching in the streets in their thousands😳

adventurebae.bsky.social•7 hours ago

It hasn’t gotten bad yet. For anyone not paying attention to the news, they really don’t know what’s coming.

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