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egbertowillies

(4,277 posts) Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:44 PM Oct 4

America is becoming the Baghdad of our millennia, the decline to irrelevance.

As the Right pushes to make America dumber, it should see its fate in Baghdad. Reagan started the decline. Trump put it on steroids.

Blog Post: https://egberto.substack.com/p/america-is-becoming-the-baghdad-of

Podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/politicsdoneright/episodes/America-is-becoming-the-Baghdad-of-our-millennia--the-decline-to-irrelevance-e38tjlb/a-ac6eaa3

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America is becoming the Baghdad of our millennia, the decline to irrelevance. (Original Post) egbertowillies Oct 4 OP

Our former allies are now our enemies, and our former enemies are now laughing at us. OMGWTF Oct 4 #1

Thank you. So proud to have you as a DU Brother. multigraincracker Oct 4 #2

OMGWTF

(4,924 posts)

1. Our former allies are now our enemies, and our former enemies are now laughing at us.

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Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:56 PM

Oct 4

multigraincracker

(36,475 posts)

2. Thank you. So proud to have you as a DU Brother.

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Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:08 PM

Oct 4

Authoritarian religion, as 95 % of them are, are the downfall of critical thinking. The best part of my country was its secular Constitution.
Keep up the good work you are doing.

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