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15. At this point it seems more like The Langoliers

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 3, 2024, 03:06 PM

Jul 2024

Huge sections of reality outright vanishing into the maws of uncaring "law-keepers". Wait, wasn't that activity regulated by the federal government? Not anymore! Wait, weren't we free to do this other thing without interference? Not anymore! Wait, isn't there an agency to handle my request? Guess what?

Entire chunks of constitutional reality, centuries of precedent, rewritten almost instantly to the ambient sound of "nom nom nom".

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