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Dave Bowman

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34. "all the dystopian novels rolled into one."

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #31)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 07:36 PM

Dec 25

Currently it's a mix of Brazil and Idiocracy but I wonder how long it will take to reach the Mad Max level of distopia.

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The Plan To Carve Up the World Is Underway [View all] erronis Dec 25 OP

Who can blame him? Turbineguy Dec 25 #1

Trump supporters probably represent 20% spapeggy Dec 25 #12

Oh, I totally agree. CrispyQ Dec 25 #2

foreign policy crud Dec 25 #3

Germany lost 2 world wars trying to do pretty much the same thing FakeNoose Dec 25 #4

Britain and France Cirsium Dec 25 #9

"The sun never sets ....." H2O Man Dec 25 #16

The World is your... RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 25 #5

Another one? malaise Dec 25 #6

Why doesn't he invade Russia? LiberalFighter Dec 25 #7

Distraction 101 Starbeach Dec 25 #8

Trump gets North/Central America. Putin gets Europe. Xi gets the Pacific. Irish_Dem Dec 25 #10

And H5N1 is going to kill a lot of us. Initech Dec 25 #11

Yes there is only one reason to put a psychotic, paranoid drug addict in charge of US health and welfare. Irish_Dem Dec 25 #14

And the charlatan Oz who will privatize Medicare completely and sweep Medicaid to the curb. erronis Dec 25 #15

Yes they are coming for Americans from all sides. Irish_Dem Dec 25 #17

If he drinks raw milk, maybe the H5N1 virus will wnylib Dec 25 #18

What they say on T.V. and what they do in their own lives is usually very different. erronis Dec 25 #19

It's reminiscent of Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Dave Bowman Dec 25 #30

Yes along the same lines. Irish_Dem Dec 25 #31

"all the dystopian novels rolled into one." Dave Bowman Dec 25 #34

Then we veer into Shakespearean tragedy. Irish_Dem Dec 25 #35

And then bad comedy Mad_Machine76 Dec 25 #38

It is already like all genres rolled into one: comedy, tragedy, science fiction, etc. Irish_Dem Dec 25 #39

Putin's New World Order. blm Dec 25 #13

Dugin's plan erronis Dec 25 #20

But not Cuba. BWdem4life Dec 25 #21

It would be a shame if Musk and his allies were terminated. LiberalFighter Dec 25 #22

Question is: by whom? erronis Dec 25 #25

Is Luigi busy.... ? magicarpet Dec 25 #26

If only Remo the Destroyer was around. LiberalFighter Dec 25 #29

By this guy: Dave Bowman Dec 25 #32

Is Luigi busy...... ? magicarpet Dec 25 #27

Excuse me,... magicarpet Dec 25 #28

Oceania, vanamonde Dec 25 #23

Appears that way. Not sure they can succeed but they'll inflict a lot of pain trying. erronis Dec 25 #24

Actually makes about as much sense as anything. Emperors want an empire. n/t Liberal In Texas Dec 25 #33

Meanwhile Putin wants to carve up western Europe. It is starting to look like doc03 Dec 25 #36

Greenland with their rare earth metals and fossil fuels combined with doc03 Dec 25 #37

That's what Putin has probably told Trump/Musk. Freethinker65 Dec 25 #40

Panama is in Central America. Patton French Dec 26 #41

Trilateral Commission Blue Full Moon Dec 26 #42