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Warpy

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43. Well, it's never coming back. What it will do is go forward.

Wed Oct 1, 2025, 04:38 PM

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The good news is that study after study has shown that countries that have gone through a period of sheer insanity, with or without a monarchist strongman at the top, have come back a lot more liberal and dedicated to sanity that they were before they went completely nuts.

I doubt I will live to see a new take on sanity, I'm almost as old as King Rotten Orange, but there are still a few shitbags out there I'd dearly love to outlive, just for spite.

I spent my entire life beating my skull against a wall of conservative smugness. I would love to live long enough to see that smugness smart to crack into shock and disbelief, but I doubt that will happen.

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