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Re:The Silicon Oligarchy by hackissimo123 on Friday June 19, 2020 @09:55AM (#23574537)
It has no history for Americans. It's a completely obscure reference that no-one had heard of a month ago and Trump almost certainly didn't make intentionally. Anyone who pretends otherwise is either deliberately lying or deranged.
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Re:The Silicon Oligarchy by 082349872349872 on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:09AM (#23574675)
these are what a web search gives me: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52372056/walter-everett-head... or, for general sentiment: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52393672/the-los-angeles-tim...

as well as cause for optimism: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/18/politics/peggy-wallace-ke... (about George "segregation forever" Wallace's daughter and grandson)

I know americans who truly believe it is a colour-blind country where everyone is middle-class. I hope they can make it so.

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Re:The Silicon Oligarchy by hackissimo123 on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:20AM (#23574772)
I'm not denying that the phrase was uttered at least once by someone in the US at some point in the past. I refer you to my other post in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23573675
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