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2banon

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26. Yep. For a really a long long time, was hanging on to strands of hope for change

Reply to woo me with science (Reply #21)

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 12:41 PM

Sep 2014

to come this time around..

Well.. Obviously it's time to snap out it. Understanding no possibility of that happening under the existing Plutocratic State and system of "governance".. (democracy my ass).

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As the taste for blood also. Puzzledtraveller Sep 2014 #3

TB;DR TeeYiYi Sep 2014 #2

Excellent read and a mountain of truth. 99Forever Sep 2014 #4

The military industrial complex uses the same formula as South Park's Underpants Gnomes. Initech Sep 2014 #5

Eeyup. hifiguy Sep 2014 #11

Thank you. woo me with science Sep 2014 #6

Excellent Post! K&R'd 2banon Sep 2014 #7

'The War is not meant to be won'. That has become more and more clear. Which is why sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #8

They're not really "The Left" they're just party worshiping lilly livered "Liberals".. 2banon Sep 2014 #17

And way too much of it is propaganda like that of any totalitarian state, woo me with science Sep 2014 #21

Yep. For a really a long long time, was hanging on to strands of hope for change 2banon Sep 2014 #26

"I'm so done with this shit." Me too. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #24

Remember back in the day, when people created alternative communities 2banon Sep 2014 #27

We might find ourselves to be self sustaining whether we want to be or not. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #28

gawd I hear ya.. 2banon Sep 2014 #29

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Continuous war has rendered the consumer obsolete. JEB Sep 2014 #22

Kicked and recommended a huge amount. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #23

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