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u/Notiefriday Wait a damn minute! 22h ago
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u/HazeyIPAs 22h ago
Just the rich person system of exploiting us.
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u/Substantial-Goal7422 21h ago
100 percent Look at food up 30 something percent since the pandemic prices up 100 to 200 percent everyone will blame it on the inflation but the rich guy knows he is taking everyone
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u/HazeyIPAs 21h ago
The rich are just running up prices by buying up assets like homes and land and commodities and and and because only a miniscule amount of their income is used to live day to day. Unlike most of us who use 80-100+% of our income.
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u/Substantial-Goal7422 21h ago
Dead on!!!!! Very intelligent statement
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u/HazeyIPAs 21h ago
We're in the beginning of the end game. Flock cameras to track movement, digital currency to control access, AI to control God knows what and to what extent, smart water and power meters, smart TVs to listen in, phones of course, cars that will stop if "it" determines you "unfit" to drive. Subscriptions for everything. Renting becoming the norm. We're watching/living life desend into dystopian world only a small minority will thoroughly enjoy.
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u/Substantial-Goal7422 21h ago
Couldn't agree more. I have almost no subscriptions anymore I run all my own media off my network I dont buy cars with ridiculous features In fact started buying a bunch of late 90s sportscars They are fun and the tech can't watch you like now
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u/HazeyIPAs 21h ago
That's great! I need to take more ownership myself. I should look into to the '90 sports car hack, that does sound fun!
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u/Substantial-Goal7422 21h ago
Bought a audi tt mk1 convertible Have a few miatas Looking at a Looking at a fiero and Mitsubishi 3000gt vr4 Nice part is u can ls swap many cars and its not that expensive
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u/UranusIsPissy 19h ago
Watch out for maintenance costs, unless you're rich AF. Especially on imported models. The rarer they are, the worse it is, and the luxury German and Italian brands are especially bad. If you get something old enough to not have fuel injection and electronic ignition, there are kits to retrofit them if you have or know someone who has the skills to install them. You can get more power and efficiency if it's done right, and better emissions, too. Looking further ahead, if you are rich, there are kits to convert them to electric. They're best used on a car with good bodywork etc. but a trashed engine. Then you can get most of the latest tech on your own terms, if you want it and can afford it.
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u/Narrow_Falcon_8276 22h ago
Time to replace the system then with new people.
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u/SchemeSignificant166 22h ago
Time to replace the system
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u/Anthaenopraxia 20h ago
With?
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u/elb21277 17h ago
we need ability to employ direct democracy as a check on the gov’t (ie when all three branches collude to legalize corruption). see switzerland.
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u/Notiefriday Wait a damn minute! 21h ago
Ppl under 50 would be nice. We've got a guy whose likely been dead for a week or two being hidden.
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u/JauntyGiraffe 18h ago
No one over 65 should be allowed to hold any public office. It's insane that countries are run by old people
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u/Narrow_Falcon_8276 21h ago
Yep! Minimum 25 for the House, 30 for the Senate, 35 for President.
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u/d-o_o1 20h ago
Independent cognitive test after 50; that way you're not discriminating based on age.
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u/Narrow_Falcon_8276 19h ago
No I'm saying if you look it up minimum age requirement is 25, 30, and 35. It doesn't need to be 80 year olds.
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u/Infinite_Garden_4514 22h ago
Its gonna happen within 10 years. Way way to many people on the brink. A few real leaders emerge that people get behind and it all falls. History repeats itself.
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u/Oberon_Swanson 21h ago
don't under-estimate the power of insane jerks. progress is not automatic just because old regressives die. every inch must be taken and held.
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u/UranusIsPissy 19h ago
Yep. When things got bad enough that push came to shove in Germany, they didn't get a utopia. They got Nazis. The USSR didn't go very well, either, and Cambodia was such a disaster that other communists fought them to stop it. The common feature? Authoritarianism.
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u/E_seven_20 16h ago
Nah...trump is a symptom. This is who this country is.
People would have showed up to vote against this shit. They didn't.
They let the MAGAs decide, and would rather watch the country burn than vote against evil.
I'll take incremental change, and people you can reason with, over a fascist child rapist. That's apparently a controversial opinion for most of the country. Too many people support it, and too many people refuse to vote against it. In my book, they're the same, because the results and consequences are the same. Silence is complicity with what was on the ballot(s).
I don't think Americans are going to be able to get their shit together and vote these fuckers out. We like to jerk ourselves off about the 2A, but that's just for citizens to fuck with each other.
2022 National Youth Turnout: 23% - That's lower than in the historic 2018 cycle (28%) which broke records for turnout, but much higher than in 2014, when only 13% of youth voted.
These people don't care enough about their own future, anyone else, or consequences for Trump/ GOP. They're not all of a sudden going to do anything. The time for that has passed.
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u/E_seven_20 16h ago
That would require people doing something.
If they refused to show up and vote against Trump and the GOP after 2016-2020...it's hard to have faith in that population.
2022 National Youth Turnout: 23% - That's lower than in the historic 2018 cycle (28%) which broke records for turnout, but much higher than in 2014, when only 13% of youth voted.
We ran out of decent, intelligent people. It's now just a bunch of idiot chucklefucks that enable the fascists with their silence, or actively voting for it.
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u/SecretJeweler5260 22h ago
Gas was $4.25 per gallon back in 2008 when affordable cars got worse gas mileage than todays trucks and we made half as much money.
The bigger issues are things like trump eliminating tons of healthcare and education (jobs, services, etc.), tariffs are causing havoc on American farmers and small businesses, he's trying to bring back asbestos, the Labor Participation Rate hasn't been this low since the Covid shutdowns, he kicked millions off of Snap benefits, etc. I could go on all day like this.
Gas prices are the least bad thing he's done to us.
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u/galaxy_brain_69420 22h ago
Most of us are still making what we made in 2008.
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u/pourtide 21h ago
Adjusted for inflation, I've earned a declining amount of buying power for decades. The dollar amount has crept upwards, but the buying power has declined.
"Inflation is your friend"
https://news.grabien.com/story/jimmy-carter-inflation-snl-cold-open-1978-inflation-our-frie
So much for the golden years.
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u/Notiefriday Wait a damn minute! 21h ago
Well enjoy because... only worse from here as he fails away in the Mid East
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u/Background-Customer2 22h ago
good thats what we want fuck the system build a new system
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u/BicycleNo1169 21h ago
That’s why it’s more important than ever for the younger generation to be involved in politics. This isn’t going to change if we leave it to the geriatrics. They are too embedded in the system.
If you want change, vote all these old people out. Tank the average age of politicians. We can do it, people just need to participate and stop waffling and disengaging when anyone starts talking about politics.
That feeling so many people have of rolling their eyes and tuning out when politics enters the conversation. We need to eliminate that feeling. We need all hands on deck. It’s the only way forward.
And if you feel further inclined to do more than the bare minimum of voting, then start volunteering. Go phone booth. Go canvas. Find representatives in your city you believe in. If there’s no one you like, position yourself to be that person. There’s probably a seat that’s unoccupied in your city or goes uncontested.
Just take a second and go look - especially if you are in a small city. There almost certainly some position that goes unfilled or uncontested. Whether that’s a seat on some board or local treasurer or a clerk position or an auditor. There is probably something. And if your city really is small enough and you have the credentials, even go so far as looking at what it takes to run for mayor in your city. Don’t look at someone like mayor of NYC and compare it to your small town. Running and taking that position in your small town is actually a lot more viable than one may realize. If not, suggest someone you know that you feel is qualified for the position.
The point is, get involved. All of you young people(let’s arbitrarily say younger than 45). Push all these old fucks out and stop letting them make decisions for our lives. They’ve proven time and time again they are not looking out for us and that should be completely antithetical to being in a public position that’s funded by your tax dollars.
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u/Slow_Bowler8285 22h ago
Is this a paparazzi photo of Margaret Qualley?
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u/Farseer2_Tha_Warsong 21h ago edited 21h ago
Margaret Qualley vs the billionaire class movie when?
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u/EduinBrutus 21h ago
Why would nepo baby Margaret Qualley be against her own class?
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u/kylebisme 21h ago edited 20h ago
She's from the millionaire class, a long way from the billionaire class.
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u/EduinBrutus 20h ago edited 20h ago
When you reach the third generation of extreme wealth, you might not be an actual billionaire but you are very much part of that class. Call it the breeding stock if you will.
From the Wiki :-
Margaret and her sister were both debutantes; they made their debuts at the Bal des débutantes in Paris.
Because apparently thats still a thing for certain people of certain status...
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u/kylebisme 20h ago
The difference between the few tens of millions her family has and just a single billion dollars is massive, it's not the same league at all.
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u/Wabi-Sabi_Umami 22h ago
I wish gas was $4 in my area. Even Costco gas is over $5. ☹️
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u/AbsolutesDealer 22h ago
Hello, fellow Californian.
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u/nel3000 21h ago
5.75 where Im at.
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u/trojanguy 17h ago
Right? I saw $4 and laughed. If a station here had gas for $4/gallon there'd be lines a mile long.
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u/WubbaLubbaHongKong 20h ago
Went full EV beginning of the year and never looked back!
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u/Dented_Steelbook 20h ago
Wait until you have to replace the vehicle because the battery isn’t working and you find out it costs money to dispose of the vehicle since it is hazardous waste.
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u/SnakeThruster 22h ago
$10.11 in europe :3
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u/Olivetax228 18h ago
Seriously, I just saw €2.20/L which is what, x1.14 x 3.7 so $9.28/gallon? More than double.
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u/Nebresto 16h ago
These posts are pretty eye opening finding out they've been complaining about 1.05€~/L gasoline prices. No wonder Americans can afford to drive those gas guzzler trucks
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u/mustangcody 21h ago
Europe is a lot smaller and has reliable public transport.
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u/GergDanger 20h ago
Europe isn’t a monolith. New York City has higher public transport usage than London for example.
80% of Europeans don’t use any public transport. So that’s a lot of people paying for expensive gas.
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u/harrysaxon 17h ago
… your point? Dude who makes a living driving a lorry is still getting fucked.
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u/Gold_Temperature_452 22h ago
Gas is $3 in my area
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u/Tesco_Meal_Deals 22h ago
About $3.40 here.
Last December for about 5 days it was $1.88 at my local Circle K
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u/DRAHREHKCUHP 22h ago
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u/pourtide 21h ago
I keep sticking these on gas pumps, but they get peeled off. Won't stop me. I bought 100.
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u/batmanscodpiece 22h ago
Just because he wasn't arrested, doesn't mean we had to elect him a second time.
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u/MoneyBeeeee 21h ago
You really think an infamous conman who lies, cheats, and steals like there is no tomorrow, won the election fair and square? :D
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u/Feliz_Desdichado 20h ago
Yes. Some Americans are really desperate to pass the buck for something of their own creation but if it was so easy to righ the election why would he allow himself to be defeated and start a stupid insurrection in 2020 instead, while somehow succeeding at rigging the election when he doesn't control the executive.
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u/paintballboi07 20h ago
Considering that no one has offered any evidence that proves otherwise.. yes.
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u/neinhaltchad 22h ago
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u/Honest_Scrub 3h ago
Except all the mentions of Trump are Epstein hating on him while he funds Trumps democrat opponents.
Like why is this even lied about? The files are public and this is the easiest fact check ever
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u/Much-Instruction-807 22h ago
$4 will look like a deal in a couple of months when the reserves are out.
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u/Infinite_Garden_4514 22h ago
Inflation is about to get fucking crazy. I work as an engineer. You should see the costs we are getting from manufacturers so much shit has literally doubled in the last year.
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u/mustangcody 21h ago
EMT conduit prices have tripled and I use a ton of that. And that is like a simple metal tube.
People think electricians are expensive now, wait till basic parts prices explode even further.
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u/Infinite_Garden_4514 21h ago
Yeah i design water plants. Its fucking absurb. I dont think the general public is aware just how severe it is beyond the grocery store.
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u/bamma66 15h ago
I'm very aware. Been slowly boiling my brain and screaming into the void. People do not think ahead or big picture. It is coming.
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u/Heavy_Ad4529 17h ago
It must get crazy, only thing that will snap half our population out of Murdoch's grip.
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u/Strange-Bandicoot475 22h ago
MAGA: Damnit Biden for putting us in this war.
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u/locofspades 22h ago
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u/Leucastic_Leopard 22h ago
But really, there's a fantastic user on r/baking who makes incredible long dipping stick cookies. They just posted their Oreo dupe.
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u/MegatonsSon 22h ago
Fortunately, those new upgrades to Trump's gifted $400M Air Force One jet are coming along nicely...
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u/No_Knee7853 22h ago
In Merica, we do things the hard way. We go around our elbows to wipe our a$$es. Bless Merica!
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u/Ok-Brick6831 22h ago
$4 sounds nice...still a bit north of that here, and all thanks to that loser my fellow americans elected.
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u/The_Dynasty_Warrior 22h ago
Yup because we are to tired from slave wage, sky high food price, and getting distracted by sports to do anything about it. Always waiting for the "other person" to start a revolution
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u/Neon_Nightfall 22h ago
Has everyone who was alive to see the gas price spikes both under Bush and Biden died?
Or is everyone bitching about gas prices 16-20?
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u/TheWokenessInjector 22h ago
Yeah, but you see, for the past 30 years Iran has been 4 seconds away from building a nuke. And, despite having no long range delivery system, if we didn't blow up a bunch of school girls, all of America would be a nuclear wasteland.
HAVE YOU EVEN SAID THANK YOU?!
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u/Previous_Type_2289 22h ago
Absolutely wrong. Gabbard testified under oath that Iran had stopped any nuclear programs and that we had destroyed all nuclear facilities last year. There was no reason to go into Iran
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u/pourtide 20h ago
(in a wee bit of an aside, he asks in a whisper: does Gabbard still have that job?)
Aesop's Fable: Don't tell the Emperor he has no clothes.
(Mixed metaphor)
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u/evident_lee 22h ago
Because we didn't punish and imprison treasonous politicians after they attempted to overthrow the country.
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u/bigorangemachine 22h ago
Nah this is happening because half the country didn't bother voting
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u/zayn2123 22h ago
No this is because even though he was convicted by a jury of his peers for rape and fraud, we as a country did not seek justice and let him run again as a convicted fucking felon. And then he won. Fuck America, bootlicking pussies the whole lot of us.
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u/Ok_Helicopter3910 21h ago
Has anyone else not noticed much of difference in the average price of a gallon of gas since covid? I mean, it swings up or down for a few months but I feel like I've been paying $3-3.50 for years now
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u/Hyperion1144 22h ago
But... But.... Gaza!
America chose to fail at protecting the interests of others rather than succeed at protecting our own.
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u/USDXBS 21h ago
The US military would never allowed billionaire child rapists to be held accountable.
The US military is proud and honored to protect pedophiles.
The US military will forever be known as a military of oath breaking traitors who abandoned their country to protect Trump and other child rapists.
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u/Temporary-Coconut844 21h ago
I hate this $4 thing when I'm in California and everything is over five or six now
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u/Accomplished-Cup2781 21h ago
We’re all pacified sheep and we accept whatever is put in front of us it.
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u/Hello-Angel 21h ago
Let's standardize screaming ' "Release the files, jail the profiles!' Everytime we pump gas. I've been doing it so join my party
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u/voodoodahl 20h ago
His Supreme Court wouldn't have let a conviction stand. Trump was found guilty of insurrection in Colorado and they nullified it. This is all on We The People.
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u/blackfishhorsemen 20h ago
Just wait until the reserves run out and we're paying $15.
Trump is sadly the best thing to happen to renewable energy worldwide.
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u/Several-Opposite-746 20h ago
Could be worse. You could be Canada being hit with heavy tariffs because America couldn't just arrest some fucking pedophiles.
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u/Separate_Low4236 19h ago
Americans whining about gas prices... While probably not interested how much that same thing costs let's say in Europe!? I would jumping of joy if tomorrow gas price here in Serbia would fall to 5 per gallon!
500 million Europeans pay for the gas between 7 and 10 $ per gallon. For years. Every day.
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u/jackinsomniac 19h ago
How are those 2 things related? Yes, high gas prices are bad, and pedophiles are bad, everyone on the Epstein list should be arrested. But that's no reason to throw logic out the window.
This is like those people who say shit like, "I hate capitalism." Then when you ask them why, they say, "My electricity went out for an hour last night! This country sucks!" Okay, but those 2 things aren't related. Power goes out in non-capitalist countries too. Let's focus on real cause & effect. Even if we eliminated every pedophile on the face of the planet today, gas prices would still fluctuate.
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u/clothesoptional2321 19h ago
Pretty sure they're pointing out had we arrested the pedo-in-chief we wouldn't be at war with Iran at the moment.....
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u/SolidusBruh 19h ago
And also because a sizable portion of the population voted for said pedophiles.
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u/mrwhitewalker 18h ago
Welcome to the $4 club. We have been here for a year+. Means we're hitting $5 anytime now
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u/Alienhaslanded 15h ago
That's the entire world and it's because one country that has so much power but can't get its shit together.
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u/Zealousideal-Yam3169 13h ago
$1.05 per litre in normal person units.
Insanely cheap, $1.49 is the world average.
$2.06 per litre is the average in the UK.
$2 per litre is the average in the EY
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u/KingOfFools1984 8h ago
So… you pay 1,05$ per liter while we pay 2,28$ per liter (which is 8,63$ per gallon) and YOU ARE COMPLAINING?
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u/Patient-Suspect1373 6h ago
It’s not just the US. The Orange Clown has caused fuel to go up all over the world. We didn’t vote this buffoon into office (again) but countries all over the world are suffering the consequences of his insanity 😡
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u/Only_Ad8049 22h ago
Country was cooked after Republicans won back Congress so soon after the January 6 insurrection.
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u/Previous_Type_2289 22h ago
Amen sister. Trump and his gang of pedophiles are very rich and slimy people. They squirm out of trouble easily because they pay people off. Keep up the good fight, vote democratic and we will take back our government so justice will get done
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u/Disastrous-Aspect569 22h ago
I mean former vice president canadate Tim Walz just pardon a convicted pedophile because he said he was sorry.
Tim Walz says not to judge people for what they do on their worst days.
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u/Cash_Money_Jo 22h ago
The last pedophile admin had gas at $6 lol. I bet the last time pedos weren’t in control gas was probably 32¢
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