Kristin Applegate

[Handre @Handre]

Rome handed out free grain to 40,000 citizens in 73 BC. By 46 BC, Julius Caesar found 320,000 people lining up for their monthly ration. That eight-fold expansion happened in under three decades, and it shows you how welfare states actually grow.

No Roman senator stood up and announced a plan to addict a third of the city to government bread. It happened incrementally, through political competition. Each magistrate who wanted votes expanded eligibility. Each expansion normalized the next one. The citizen who once considered the dole shameful eventually expected it, then demanded it, then organized politically to protect it.

This is the core mechanism free market thinkers have identified across every era: once you create a transfer program, you create a constituency for that program. Recipients vote. Administrators build careers. Grain merchants who supply the state develop a stake in keeping the contracts flowing. The political economy locks in.

Caesar, to his credit, actually cut the rolls back to 150,000 through verification audits. It was one of his more economically coherent moves, though the Senate still murdered him. His successors quietly let the numbers climb again.

What did the dole require? Massive grain imports from Sicily, Sardinia, and Egypt, organized through state logistics at state expense, funded by taxation and conquest. When the conquest revenue dried up, the obligation remained. Rome had written a check against future military success, and future military success eventually failed to arrive.

The lesson is not complicated. Distribute a benefit and you distribute dependency. Distribute dependency and you distribute political power to whoever controls the distribution. The grain dole didn't weaken Rome overnight, but it made every subsequent reform politically impossible.

[liemandt @jliemandt]

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[John Rich🇺🇸 @johnrich]

The brain has 25% of the body's total cholesterol. In 1987, Statins were approved to treat high cholesterol. In 1988, they lowered the acceptable cholesterol numbers. Now, over 90 Million Americans take statins, and we find out they cause dementia. Now it's time for memory drugs.

[Kristin Applegate @kapplegate_1]

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[Kristin Applegate @kapplegate_1]

It's NOT What You Think: America First vs Israel First https://t.co/Oav7DZv5Sv via @YouTube

[Kristin Applegate @kapplegate_1]

Check out Elder Oliver's video! #TikTok https://t.co/LdEoAOlaVK

[Kristin Applegate @kapplegate_1]

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[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Goosebumps.

[Kristin Applegate @kapplegate_1]

This is happening in Syria currently. Have you seen it on your choice of news outlet?

[Kristin Applegate @kapplegate_1]

Tesla pulling a boat 😂l

[Kristin Applegate @kapplegate_1]

@greta Maybe try getting into autophagy? You don’t have anything to lose by giving it a try. It might or might not help, but worth a try. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Being Libertarian @beinlibertarian]

It’s a shame it has taken so long for this conversation to get any attention.

Glad @RobertKennedyJr is going to be moving forward to investigate this… finally.

[Kristin Applegate @kapplegate_1]

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[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Weird how +20 million Democrats just disappeared in a single election from 2020 to 2024

Super duper strange man

Joe Biden got 81 million votes

Kamala got 60?

Very Sus

[Fred Jelly Beans 🇺🇸 @FredJellyBeans]

Trump, R.F.K., Jr., Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, Joe Rogan and Pnut the squirrel team up to crush the deep state.

[Kristin Applegate @kapplegate_1]

Check out Robert F. Kennedy Jr's video! #TikTok https://t.co/WOw97x1pCT

[Governor Kevin Stitt @GovStitt]

Phones and social media are distracting classrooms like never before.

We have to take action. But rather than issuing an order— I’m issuing a challenge.

#PhoneFreeSchoolChallenge

[Kristin Applegate @kapplegate_1]

Longevity Studies Reveal Habits That Can Add 20+ Years to Your Life | Feat. Dr. Damon Noto https://t.co/t8umasyIhQ via @epochtimes

[Kristin Applegate @kapplegate_1]

Minute 54 and minutes 1:14, if nothing else listen to them a few minutes.

[Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson]

When Bobby Kennedy endorsed Donald Trump last week, he burned his boats. There’s no turning back for him, or for American politics. Here’s his first interview since that happened.

(0:42) RFK Jr. Endorsing Donald Trump
(11:26) Censorship and Pavel Durov’s Arrest
(34:56) America’s Health Crisis
(42:20) RFK Meeting with Trump
(46:48) Kamala Harris Refusing to Meet with RFK
(53:36) Why Did They Withdraw Secret Service?
(1:01:48) Would RFK Accept a Position as CIA Director?
(1:05:39) Why Is the Democratic Party Suing RFK?
(1:16:00) Real Environmentalism
(1:26:10) RFK's Plan to Get Trump Elected

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