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Newest Reality

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7. That's

Reply to FM123 (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 23, 2020, 08:31 AM

Jun 2020

That's capitalism. It demands its own kind justice. It resorts to extreme violence when it can, and we have seen that historically. And yet, it remains a shibboleth in our culure.

It has a strong dislike for democracy. You could say they are actually enemies and you either get one of the other, or at least that's what it comes down to eventually.

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