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The Ruling Class Sits atop a Boiling Pot
American Thinker ^ | 21 Aug, 2023 | J.B. Shurk

Posted on 08/21/2023 4:31:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber

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To: MtnClimber

I se the situation today is not unlike that in France in 1789 with haughty elites lording over what they saw as an under class. That underclass was also seething with resentment and hatred. I fear the next “January 6th” will not be a government choreographed “insurrection”, but something more akin to the storming of the Bastille.


61 posted on 08/21/2023 7:27:09 AM PDT by The Great RJ ( )
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To: MtnClimber

Superb piece.

Because I can live in a bubble, it’s often hard for me to tell if other people are struggling as much as I am, and face it, MOST of us are in the top 5% of world wealthholders.


62 posted on 08/21/2023 7:32:18 AM PDT by LS
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To: Leaning Right

But we’re many years away from the lid finally blowing off this pot.


That is true if we do NOTHING. You are an ember. spread the fire.


63 posted on 08/21/2023 7:33:30 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: MtnClimber

Folks,

Are we going to have a French Revolution against what we don’t want. and then another against what we don’t want? The list of things we don’t want is endless.

Or are we going to have an American Revolution for what we want? NOW is the time to influence what is coming.

MAGA.


64 posted on 08/21/2023 7:38:49 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: MtnClimber

Again and again I have come across the same tale in the notes and diaries of people who suffered through such difficult eras while recording their thoughts for posterity. One of the recurring observations passed on from generations past is the shocking recognition that the “rules” had suddenly changed forever. Rights once thought well preserved quickly disappeared. “Justice,” as it had been known, evaporated — replaced by loyalty oaths and religious-like devotion to the State. Civil codes of conduct vanished in the shadow of the ruling class’s predilection for intimidation and brute force. The agreed-upon compact binding citizens with their government was summarily rewritten into an indentured servant contract empowering the government to be masters over their citizen slaves. Reading the warnings from the past hits me like a horror movie with an indelible message: beware the moment when long-respected rules are carelessly thrown away.


Read it slowly and let your lips move. Prepare now for the rebuild. How do we do that?


65 posted on 08/21/2023 7:41:44 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: newfreep
Joe McCarthy started me on the path of wondering what the hell was going on with our country leaders. I was very young and lived in DC and worked a nite shift so watched the Senator McCarthy hearings daily, as long as possible. The pilling on by the communist backed hearings was an open lesson on character assassination of communist enemies in govt and politics. The aftermath of the hearings destroyed McCarthy's career and affected him physically. My aunt and brother went to his funeral and we all fumed at the injustice which had become acceptable to once hard American patriots in public office.
66 posted on 08/21/2023 7:43:03 AM PDT by mountainfolk (q)
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To: MtnClimber

Everywhere Americans once turned for guidance — their government, the news media, academia, disinterested experts — is now covered in the same “woke” slime and “politically correct” lies. Those lies are building up all around us, choking more and more Americans who see through them.


What is missing in the above? Where did we used to turn to for guidance?

Reading my devotional this morning, maybe we need a GUIDE more than guidance..........................


67 posted on 08/21/2023 7:44:37 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: MtnClimber

The ruling class sits upon a bloated stock market highly vulnerable to buying strikes.


68 posted on 08/21/2023 8:35:37 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (ICCPR Article 15 No one shall be held guilty…on account of any act…not a criminal act...at the time…)
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To: MtnClimber

The left use words such as bipartisan to ensnare those who think it means compromise and fairness. While it really means giving into their oppression as they do not compromise nor are their fair, nor equitable. They try to make others feel guilty and shamed by using language that would work in a perfect world, but in an imperfect world is used sway and control those whose want to believe words that they don’t seem to realize are used to control them and oppress and destroy the opposition.


69 posted on 08/21/2023 8:50:32 AM PDT by This I Wonder32460 (1st they came for Trump, then Trump-Supporters. Next, they will come for Never-Trumpers and Rhinos.)
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70

Ugh. Gimme Franco or Pinochet over Cromwell any day.


70 posted on 08/21/2023 9:15:48 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Lurker

I loved Pinochet’s free helicopter rides for Commies program myself.


71 posted on 08/21/2023 9:16:23 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: MtnClimber
A look to a very short video excerpt of one of our "betters" expressing concern that we don't trust the "elite" who say they are our "betters.

Source: https://twitter.com/HallofFameMemes/status/1693394058016657660

Enjoy a slice of the World Egotists Forum.....

72 posted on 08/21/2023 9:18:39 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: MtnClimber; All
This is outstanding.

Everyone please read the entire article.

The only thing that could be added, is that RINOs should be included with the elites, as they are sitting with them, on top of a boiling pot, lying to the people.

73 posted on 08/21/2023 9:18:51 AM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our was natd ion. Never be slave in a new Socialist America)
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