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7. the coup is in motion

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 1, 2022, 05:20 PM

Jul 2022

lots of people thought it ended in January 2021 -- not true, didn't begin then either.
these pieces were put in place years ago and now we're at a significant disadvantage if we get in the way.
they've been preparing for this moment for decades, while we pretended our institutions were too strong to be so easily overthrown by idiots.
now we will all pay the price, as painful and grotesque as it will be.

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