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So, Ukraine is allegedly the most corrupt nation on earth. May I proudly offer the U.S. as potentially the most corrupt, immoral, and decadent. Lots of good and even great people, but the problem is the overwhelming blob of miscreants and outright thieves that plague our country. Under the Demoncraps, the quality of everything has markedly decreased, including food, medicine, and just about everything we depend on for our survival and sustenance. The Trump Presidency may be the last chance we have to save this once-great nation. If not, there are many out there who would take us over in a heart beat, survival of American citizens optional.

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Yes. American deep state, Nuland and Obama, manipulated Ukraine and pressured Russia to react. Putin was quite measured and diplomatic. We lied about the Maidan treaty, NATO on his haunches, biolabs on the border.

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Really, doesn't the "most corrupt" migrate from one nation to another, as Satan attacks one people, then moves on to another? Before this USA, it was the USSR. That government gave new meaning to the word "corruption" in its day. It's all the same. There is nothing new under the Sun.

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Please send this message to Lugh, who honestly believes that governments are the key to societal success. Ugh!!!

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This country hid its corruption.

Trump brought it out into the light.

Going to say all nations have their fair share some just let it sit out in the open.

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Society can have equality or quality, but it can't have both.

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Let's see, John Galt. US National debt at $36 trillion or more. Any other nation with that kind of debt? I know Japan is in a bad way but nowhere near this number. Yeah, I say the evidence is clear. The USA is by far the most corrupt and debauched nation on this planet right now. It has been for a long time, longer than I have been alive and I am 50.

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Re: Debt… it’s all the Pentagons debt

https://x.com/SenseReceptor/status/1893430408043257919

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Totally agree!

However, from 1946 to 1963 (with SEVERAL caveats), the USA was the greatest nation, with the most opportunity, ever, for ordinary people of modest means willing to work to get ahead.

Even though that's before I was born, the optimism of that era (not just in movies) is what US politicians have been selling since 1972.

As you observe, I agree, America was corrupt then. However, a confluence of historical factors and economic realities made America great. The interests of the US ELITE ALIGNED WITH THE INTERESTS OF THE US MIDDLE, UPPER MIDDLE, AND WORKING CLASS.

These historical factors started to shift in the mid-60s, were shaken by 1973. as the pie stopped growing enough (nothing grows forever), for both the powerful and the masses to have more. That climate was totally gone by 1980, when the clouds were forming that created conditions where the elites' interests are OPPOSED to those of middle and working Americans. That is where we have been my entire adult life (60) (and yours).

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