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Keepthesoulalive

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6. We believed America was better than it is

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sun Oct 19, 2025, 03:59 PM

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We no longer trust. People who we thought were allies were not. We also believed they had learned after the first disaster but we now know most who voted for him will not learn. There will be more marches and a whole lot of pain to put this country back on the tracks but I have doubts.

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