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Fantastic Anarchist

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43. I suspect that the culture in Europe will not let them complete the job.

Reply to simguy225 (Reply #42)

Sun Feb 12, 2017, 08:11 PM

Feb 2017

Here, in the US, we have a culture that invites this sort of thing. I'm afraid we are not sophisticated enough to reject the right-wing's platitudes. They swallow it up as if gospel, which is another problem, as well.

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