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Zorro

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14. Exactly

Reply to jalan48 (Reply #10)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 11:58 AM

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This is straight out of Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine. And there will be several immediate shocking events that will roil our nation and economy that they will implement before the public can react.

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