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Duncanpup

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Mon Jan 6, 2025, 06:27 AM Jan 6

In 1986 a conversation i had with my rifle platoon leader. [View all]

A fine soldier oh hold on old guy bad punctuation dyslexic ramble warning. Up having coffee getting ready run coast leave tomorrow 02:00 doing laundry.
Anyhow this conversation took place down at Grafenwoher in the back of a 113 an armored track vehicle.
Now this L.T. was older mid thirties he was enlisted served in mortar platoon Vietnam came home went college worked for years as civilian and decided to re-engage after going through infantry basic officer leadership down at Benning.
This L.T. Sharp in mind and strong in leadership he knew his job and as soldiers when you get new leadership you have a vetting process and this soldier was aces.

Especially id like point out he became Ranger Qualified in his thirties after completing officer infantry training now that’s a young troops school he was ancient to attend Ranger training and graduate in his thirties and no i never attended that fine leadership program.

Yet in our conversation we were having i was hanging out on command track because at that time i was pretty sick pneumonia discovered later getting ready go to troop med back at Graf main post was waiting on ride to pick me up.

This lieutenant and i were talking about capitalism and communism over hot tea in canteen cup with honey he made me because of my coughing no clue on where he got the tea or honey as we Grunts are some resourceful people.
And conversation went along the lines he mentioned that the Kremlin will probably be out of business ten years tops.

1989 i was civilian seeing the wall come down and again in 1991 watching the revolution in Russia. I thought of that conversation that i had with that fine officer how i even think today how insightful that man was.

Yet in conversation he pointed out capitalism is also not long for existence in example Reagan and his trickledown economics or in fact that the Reagan to pay for tax cuts congress at time rolled back G.I.bill we had V.E.A.P. Now we did have GI housing bill homeowners go figure.

Yet the L.T. was saying when government becomes carnivores to take care of the few and screw the masses eventually they will fail as we’ve seen in Russia under communism and soon again under Putins regime example the ruble has crashed as Russia economy Kursk is now Ukrainian oblast and the Russian people see all this in that there will be no assistance from Moscow.

And here and we are now living under decades of trickledown economics we’ve been squeezed so tightly economically and the maga regime wants to do another round tax cuts as in let grandma starve so Elon can get his defense contract cash.

We’re infected with evil ignorant people who think that the version of Christianity should rule this land a bunch of sick in the head fucks.
Almost fifty nine i hope i live to see the destruction of vulture capitalism these people do not realize that the younger generation Gen Y and Gen Z do not subscribe to their hatred and stupidity and one day these fine young people will be the predominant voting demographic.

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Capitalism won't fail, like it didn't fail around 1900 or 1930. But like then, it has to change Bernardo de La Paz Jan 6 #1
I agree no violence only by vote do we change this. Duncanpup Jan 6 #2
Vulture/extraction capitalism like ours will inevitably lead to oligarchy and fascism. Magoo48 Jan 6 #13
Uh this isnt captialism here IbogaProject Jan 6 #14
At this point it is robber baron capitalism like in the Gilded Age tRump refers to with such reverence. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 6 #15
I've been thinking the same way. yardwork Jan 6 #21
Well stated. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 6 #22
I hope single payer healthcare is the next "crumb" the Robber Barons provide us with. Elessar Zappa Jan 6 #24
Should have been dove in the 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, etc. yardwork Jan 6 #25
I wish you'd reconsider & write a book, Dunc! SheltieLover Jan 6 #3
In the meantime BigMin28 Jan 6 #4
Hugs Duncanpup Jan 6 #5
Thank you BigMin28 Jan 6 #6
Can you use GoodRx? Nittersing Jan 6 #8
Thanks. BigMin28 Jan 6 #17
Check with timms139 Jan 6 #9
Thanks BigMin28 Jan 6 #18
Comparing them to vultures is unfair to vultures. yardwork Jan 6 #20
Agree BigMin28 Jan 6 #23
Well said, the problem is Tesha Jan 6 #7
Gen z men voted for Trump 56% Tickle Jan 6 #10
Those percents are of whom voted IbogaProject Jan 6 #16
True. Elessar Zappa Jan 6 #26
Your final phrase "one day these fine young people will be the predominant voting demographic" erronis Jan 6 #11
I was in Graf at about that time Aviation Pro Jan 6 #12
I hope you're right. yardwork Jan 6 #19
Referenced your post keithbvadu2 Jan 6 #27
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