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lonely bird

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5. The Age of Oligarchs...

Reply to NoMoreRepugs (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 09:26 AM

Dec 6

Is simply out in the open.

For too long too many in this country have worshipped extreme wealth because they thought maybe, someday, they would be just as wealthy. Didn’t happen and never will happen.

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