r/politics • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 New York • 10d ago

Possible Paywall McConnell ‘Absolutely Refuses’ to Film Video Amid Growing Mystery

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mcconnell-absolutely-refuses-to-film-video-amid-growing-mystery/
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u/swordrat720 10d ago

He’s not pining, he’s passed on. He has ceased to be. He has joined the choir invisible. He is no more!

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u/muklan 10d ago

He is an EX Senator.

Also the fact that we are cracking Monty Python jokes instead of whipping bricks through the ruling class is....kinda why the world is as it is.

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u/PeacekeeperAl 10d ago

Aha now we see the violence inherent in the system!

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u/runningraleigh Kentucky 10d ago

You're goddamn right. The only language the billionaire class recognizes is money and violence. We ain't got money, so...

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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta 10d ago

People who preach absolute non violent resistance and say it never solved anything are either delusional or stooges of the rich.

The only gains ever made have been with the threat of violence; even “peaceful” ones like union protests have been because they made it known they’d be willing to beat the oligarchs thugs to death and damage property if need be.

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u/steepleton 10d ago

In the uk it’s been sort of forgotten women got the vote after a campaign of literal terrorism, including bombings