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Amishman

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3. agreed, the general public focuses on what impacts them right now

Reply to SmallFry (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 13, 2022, 09:10 AM

Apr 2022

and they don't care whose fault it is. If they're feeling pain right now, the backlash goes against whoever is in power for not preventing or fixing it.

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