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popsdenver

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29. The U.S. has been taken over by the Corporations people

Reply to milestogo (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 04:21 PM

Dec 6

they are nearly 100% there already. It has been building for decades folks........
Fascism is basically the merger of Corporations and Government......
2010 "Citizens United" provided the final piece they needed.
The Corporations have succeeded in buying the best politicians.

Some day, we may see the *United States of America*, become the *United Corporations of America*.....

Orwell had it right, except for one important thing......it is not the government we needed to watch out for, but the corporations we needed to stop........

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