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Wikipedia was one of the very few places to which I donated each year. Not for 2018 or beyond, though.

Yeah, Wikipedia is being ruined in many areas by the leftists and SJWs. Worse, it'll come as no surprise that Wikipedia is a major "reference" source in today's schools.

He's BAACK!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Howard_Kunstler

with hashtags for #psychopath and #EnemyofGreatSocialistParadise

The Proud Boys page is also serious propaganda.

I think he’s got a good grasp on our politics, but he lacks understanding about how tightly power and economic control are regulated by those in power. That we truly do live in an oligarchy, much like China’s government, which doesn’t hesitate to manipulate the financial system for benefit of the ruling class and ensuring stability.

We had an off-the-rails situation in 2008, where left to free market economics, the economy would have derailed for a decade, easy. Prices on everything but staples would have dropped to peanuts. The wealthy would have been disinherited, losing much of their grip on the land.
...and then it didn’t happen that way. They broke the rules, stepped out of the game, and rearranged the game board back toward a winning stance.

Ironically, it was IWog whose musings on this board got me to understand this truth: the game is rigged. Don’t expect for free market economics to take its course, because they can seize control at any time.
Rather, watch the big money and what it’s doing. Then mimic.
That’s worked the best for me since then.

Quigley says

I think he’s got a good grasp on our politics, but he lacks understanding about how tightly power and economic control are regulated by those in power. That we truly do live in an oligarchy, much like China’s government, which doesn’t hesitate to manipulate the financial system for benefit of the ruling class and ensuring stability.

We had an off-the-rails situation in 2008, where left to free market economics, the economy would have derailed for a decade, easy. Prices on everything but staples would have dropped to peanuts. The wealthy would have been disinherited, losing much of their grip on the land.
...and then it didn’t happen that way. They broke the rules, stepped out of the game, and rearranged the game board back toward a winning stance.

Ironically, it was IWog whose musings on this board got me to understand this truth: the game is rigged. Don’t expect for free market economics to take its course, because they can seize control at any time.
...

What’s the big money doing in 2019 other than being lost in the stock market?