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The Blue Flower

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1. Removing DJT is no answer

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 11:10 AM

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It will beautify the country and make the air smell better, but the power structure will still be intact. They're in the process of creating the catastrophe that will destroy them, so I refer you all to the conclusion of the 70s BBC series "I, Claudius" where the aged emperor Claudius, sickened at the bottomless corruption of the Empire, declares he will encourage the rottenness to bloom so that it will inevitably fail.

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Looking reality in the face [View all] kentuck Tuesday OP

Removing DJT is no answer The Blue Flower Tuesday #1

Regime change top to bottom. WmChris Tuesday #6

That's an unpleasant thought. progressoid Tuesday #7

The perpetrators of chaos have perfected the art of brainwashing the stupid and gullible mdbl Tuesday #2

The corruption runs so wide and so deep and has for so long . . . Bumbles Tuesday #3

Probably not in our lifetimes. But in the wreckage of this country, perhaps. erronis Tuesday #4

It really is frightening. I was just sitting here looking at the toddler beside me. Hope22 Tuesday #5

Their kind will always be around, but we can clip their current power wnylib Yesterday #13

Saw an interview with Barbara McQuade EverHopeful Tuesday #8

There are two major options ahead, neither is pleasant... Moostache Tuesday #9

Thank you Moostache! kentuck Tuesday #10

Thank you... Moostache Yesterday #11

The first tenet in the Preamble is "establish justice"... kentuck Yesterday #14

The thing is restoring everything will take a ton Tree Lady Yesterday #12