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8. I will agree that power and kompromat are motivating, but it was also about humiliation and torture.

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 03:06 PM

22 hrs ago

Oddly, I just watched (for the first time!) "The Godfather" and "Part II". So many equivalences of male dominance and intentional infliction of pain.

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