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It's complicated

A social democratic extract from "The Grapes of Wrath" which is claimed to be the reason why that book is in the list of the top 100 books banned in America.
A futuristic Chinese robot carrying a solar panel and a windmill walks on the yellow brick road. A dilapidated American "tin man" robot, carrying a bucket of coal and a leaky barrel of oil takes a fork off of the road named "The Past"
Emperor Palpatine from "Star Wars" encouraging the hate to flow through you.
The US tin man, carrying a leaking barrel of oil and a bucket of coal, taking the fork off the yellow brick road labeled "The Past". The Chinese robot, carrying a wind turbine and a solar panel has taken the fork in the road for "The Future".
The thinking dinosaur, the philosoraptor
The hockey great Gordie Howe, wearing a "Fact Check" jersey, looking a Trump lying on the ground after being checked, with a referee stooping over Trump and saying "He shit himself again".
The philosophical dinosaur, the philosoraptor, pondering a thought.
The pensive thinking raptor; the Philosoraptor.
An officer running up to a fire on the deck of an aircraft carrier, saying "This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."
A reminder that the 4th amendment says you can use the 2nd amendment to stop someone from entering your home without a warrant.
A cartoon of Trump, giving "the finger" asking the viewer "what are you going to do about it?"
A picture of Trump, with a red line drawn around the right hemisphere of his brain.
Obama scowling and looking down at Putin.
Commentary stating that criticism of the Israeli government is not the same as anti-Semitism.
A black man, Rupert Murdoch, with a plate full of cookies, and a blue-collar work with a plate with a single cookie, around a table. Murdoch is saying "Careful mate, that foreigner wants your cookie."
A picture of President Trump, staring vacantly into space, while others around him attend to a medical emergency in the Oval Office.
Simpsons character musing about hyper-wealthy psychopaths.
An angry goldfish in it's bowl, brandishing a sledgehammer and about to break the bowl from within.
An angry goldfish in it's bowl, brandishing a sledgehammer and about to break the bowl from within.
The Philosoraptor
The Sky 1 airplane from the 1970's UK TV series "UFO"
A photo of a newspaper article explaining why "reality itself skews left".
A quote from George Carlin's famous "Owners" sketch.
Simpsons character asking if the world is run by a group of hyper-wealthy psychopaths, and concluding that it would have been on the news, which is run by a group of hyper-wealthy psychopaths.
Cartoon of Melania Trump wearing her "I really don't care. Do u?" jacket, standing behind Trump wearing a jacket that says "No".
A picture of the fabled philosoraptor, contemplating a question.
Three photos, side by side, of Netanyahu, Trump, and Putin
A graph showing how the US federal deficit has changed from president to president from 1981 to the present. The clear pattern is that the deficit goes up under Republican administrations, and goes down under Democratic ones.
A group of Taliban soldiers in a pickup truck
Photo of a UK newspaper article describing the privatization disaster with their water and sewer infrastructure.
Three frames: 1) Putin and his gang saying "Now tell them Ukraine started the war." 2) Trump saying "Ukraine started the war." 3) Putin and pals laughing hysterically.
Mr. Burns, from "The Simpsons", with his fingers steepled, saying "Excellent!"
An array of nuclear bombs, produced by the leading industrial companies of Europe.
Jack Nicholson in the movie "As Good As It Gets", saying "Nobody cares what you think."
Clint Eastwood, in the movie "Dirty Harry", holding his famed .357 magnum pistol.
A poster of Elon Musk staring straight ahead, with the caption "I am stealing from you."
A picture of Vladimir Putin contemplating a chess board.
A photo from the Oval Office, showing Trump and JD Vance interrupting and berating Volodimir Zelenskyy
A crowd of MAGA Trump supporters.
Foghorn Leghorn saying to Trump: "Boy, I say boy, you got more loose screws than a hardware store in an earthquake."