• lugal@sopuli.xyz
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    7 days ago

    They help them to stay in power as long as they need them. Close enough for most

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    No … they didn’t really believe the billionaires would save them

    They thought that they would all magically become billionaires

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      Thinking is not their strong suit, but I believe that they will eventually get the message when things get shitty enough.

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        People were miserable, and he offered them someone to blame and they voted for him. He never actually made them better, on the contrary, but still his support skyrocketed when he conquered France in '41

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    The populists are there for personal gain. They will be Ok in this story. The rest, on the other hand…

    Edit: idiom