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gab13by13

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Thu Jan 16, 2025, 04:59 PM
Jan 16

Freespeechtv.org. Thom Hartmann’s 1st segment today explained how the Roman Empire and the US democracy’s fall, mirrored one another.
The US is an oligarchy right now. Rich people in Rome and the US wanted more money and power and democracy was standing in the way. Rich people convinced ordinary people that government was the problem. Rich people put people in power who caused stagnation, who corrupted government. The rich people convinced the ordinary people that they needed a strong man, that only a strong man can fix their problems. Caesar came across the Rubicon, Trump came across the Rubicon.
Now, Thom said that oligarchies are not permanent they are transitional. So when the time comes ordinary people will have 2 choices, throw the billionaires out or become a country like Russia or Hungary.
Probably can go to Thom’s episode today and replay it.

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