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10. And the Paul Singers of the world

Reply to relayerbob (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 7, 2023, 01:23 PM

Oct 2023

Who famously crowed that "stability is not the way of the world" - and has in fact made most of his money by feeding on and stoking instability.

This also very much applies to the modern GOP's view of governance: that it should only be there to cause problems, to the benefit of their bankrollers.

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