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alarimer

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8. Being in bed with other billionaires and crypto bros is not populist

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 09:22 AM

Apr 2025

So, yes, Democrats need to ditch all of them and the corporate lobbyists who fund their campaigns. They cannot truly be for the people without that.

And crypto needs to die yesterday.

It is corporate fealty over working people that needs to die.

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