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Oldandintheway's avatar

Keep on moving K.

What Thiel meant is that democracy is incompatible with letting the ultra rich megalomaniacs rule.

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Katharine Hill's avatar

You said it, my dear. Just got back from my very early morning walk which I shared with a mama raccoon and two of her children. I love having the streets to myself—and the critters.

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Jim Sanders's avatar

Democracy is like plant that needs deep roots and nourishment from the soils of a mythical humanity.

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Katharine Hill's avatar

Thank you for reading, Jim. I can always count on you to dig deeper.

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Mcdude's avatar

1.7 billion was Iranian funds from the sanctions on Iran. They were US tax dollars.

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Katharine Hill's avatar

Thanks for reading, McDude. I have to do a deeper dive on this subject. But I did see that the other commenter appears to be of a far different political viewpoint than I am.

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

Democracy and freedom are incompatible? That's like saying up is down

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Katharine Hill's avatar

Exactly, Richard. I don’t understand his thought process.

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Dr.Don Hall's avatar

The Same Obama who gave Iran 1.7 Billion U.S. ???

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