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FightingIrish

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6. If we don't do something now while we can still claim a majority

Reply to Equinox Moon (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 02:45 PM

Jan 2017

we will never see democracy. The people who now hold power can't afford true democracy and they know it. Look for more voter suppression, declining education and muffling of the honest press. They will work fast because the truth is nipping at their heels.

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Democracy has FAILED [View all] Equinox Moon Jan 2017 OP

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