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VigilantG

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7. No profitting from a nuclear war, but

Reply to procon (Original post)

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 04:19 PM

Apr 2017

When the enemy is or could be anyone around us, there is money to be made and fear to suppress. A never-ending cycle to line the pockets of war profiteers.

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