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'Are We Really Living in a Democracy?' Asks Sanders After Musk Drops $10 Million on US Senate Race
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Yeah, let’s no longer discuss it. The oligarchs won. Accept it, losers. Stop talking about it and go about your lives. Discussing it just makes you look like you’re a real idiot! Give up already. America is no longer a democracy. Stop expecting it to be. Pay attention, understand what’s happened, and then let that be as far as it goes for you. There is no point. We have no power. Roll over and die.
We are fighting harder than I hope you ever have to. When your city is under siege and 3000 masked criminals are running around the streets you grew up on UNCHECKED murdering and kidnapping your friends, then come talk to me. Motherfucker I’ve looked these fuckers in the eye and been trampled and gassed. We are bringing shit to people who are in hiding full on Anne Frank style. And you have the temerity to come on here, make assumptions, and tell me I’ve given up?? Why don’t YOU do something other than talk? Rot in hell. My issue is with someone asking if we are still a democracy. From where I’m sitting that is an asinine question. Fascism is already here. And I don’t really feel like hearing from anyone who is still leaving us here to deal with it on our own. And don’t call out my attitude, I no longer sleep or eat and couldn’t give a fuck.
Why aren't you getting violent?
Fuck off
Maybe try hugging the Nazis? Sternly worded email? You know that's how Hitler got taken down.