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Dave says

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15. It's "AUTOCRATS first"

Reply to BeerBarrelPolka (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 10:26 PM

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The American rightwing voters were just so confused.

Their subconscious wish to throw themselves at the feet of a strongman that would solve all their problems made them hear “America first”.

No, it’s always the strongman, the autocrat first; everyone else are just pawns to be used and discarded as needed by the strongman.

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