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moondust

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2. Plutocracy or bust!

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Sat Nov 22, 2025, 12:17 AM

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Welcome to the new Gilded Age of "materialistic excesses marked by widespread political corruption"!

I'm surprised the Little Piggy hasn't installed a Golden Calf in the White House. Maybe that will go in the gilded new ballroom.

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