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Texin

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18. You can also pin the blame on Calvinistic patriarchal cristofacism.

Reply to Aussie105 (Reply #17)

Thu Oct 14, 2021, 10:49 AM

Oct 2021

The old Puritan saw that "if you're poor, it's because God doesn't love you much." They equated work with salvation and prosperity. The harder one works, the more enriched one will become with gold and God's graces.

Fuckers.

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Popular ideas empowering the people bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #6

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Republicans are wanting to do what repubs have wanted to do since The New Deal. Texin Oct 2021 #8

If you're not one of them, it's your own fault for not trying hard enough tclambert Oct 2021 #16

If only Marthe48 Oct 2021 #9

Socialsm Scarlet Begalas Oct 2021 #12

Probably more like communism Marthe48 Oct 2021 #14

Which is why Manchin and Sinema are idiots LiberalLovinLug Oct 2021 #10

I look forward to sharing this on the book of face! n/t ms liberty Oct 2021 #11

Proud to be a Libaral Democrat, so proud of Joe Biden. Demnation Oct 2021 #13

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #15

Republicans are the reason Americans can't have nice things, Aussie105 Oct 2021 #17

You can also pin the blame on Calvinistic patriarchal cristofacism. Texin Oct 2021 #18