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Trueblue Texan

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8. As much as they ones that don't care are the ones who believe...

Reply to J_William_Ryan (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 1, 2025, 06:32 PM

Dec 2025

...nothing they do will matter. The learned helplessness Americans feel has been part of the project from the start of the fascist takeover. We have to somehow help to turn that around and show people they DO have agency.

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