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kentuck

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2. Yep.

Reply to randr (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 11:41 AM

Sep 2025

Also, the Founders were not very fond of "political Parties". We can now see how "parties" can be used as a divisive instrument of power. Along with corporate money, our democracy survives in name only.

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