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Vogon_Glory

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3. Maybe, maybe not

Reply to dlilafae (Reply #2)

Thu May 22, 2025, 11:18 PM

May 22

One of my candles of hope is that we’ve seen other countries in this hemisphere move from dictatorship back to democracy. Venezuela (pre-Chavez), Chile, Argentina, Brazil…

Despite the beliefs of childhood and assumptions baked into MAGA ideology, I’ve come to believe that there are fewer and fewer differences between the ways some Latin societies run their countries and the ways we run ours.

(If you want to call the MAGA/GOP Banana Republicans, go ahead)

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The 2028 Fake Issue: You Saw It Here First! [View all] Vogon_Glory May 22 OP

Certainly plausible! biophile May 22 #1

I keep (sadly) rolling over in my head that.. dlilafae May 22 #2

Maybe, maybe not Vogon_Glory May 22 #3