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2na fisherman

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17. Reclusive Billionaires

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Oct 25, 2025, 05:42 PM

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This is coded language for a shadow government. The smartest of these elites pay people to keep their names from the public. But meanwhile they control all those phony politicians who act out the thin charade of democracy while obeying their masters.

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