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sandensea

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9. It would take an alien invasion.

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 17, 2017, 12:50 PM

Nov 2017

They've figured out what countless third world despots have: that as long as you keep military and security forces well-fed and flattered, there's almost no end to the misery one can inflict on people in general.

A coterie of toadies can take care of pesky administrative matters and such.

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