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Newest Reality

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11. Become?

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2019, 10:22 AM

Sep 2019

America has always been an rather aggressive and violent country from its inception onward. America has also been very adept at creating and maintaining a facade that contradicts that.

So, I think what we are seeing is that the pot is boiling over, but the water is the same.

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