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MLWR

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37. The nobility in France didn't get it either.

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 08:10 PM

Dec 14

Thank you. From the day this CEO was shot, that was my first thought. We are taught the French Revolution was a great event that brought democracy to France. Did all these people think it was bloodless? Have they ever heard of the guillotine? Or the expression "heads will roll"? The French rose up against oppression (as did the Bolsheviks, the Romanians, the Filipinos etc) None of these uprisings were bloodless and frankly I don't see a huge difference between those movements against oppression and this one. All these movements begin with individual acts.

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Fuck Andrew Witty, he can eat shit. Autumn Dec 14 #1

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fat and marbley... FirstLight Dec 14 #14

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without the toxicity of course Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #22

Wagyu CEO. paleotn Dec 14 #21

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Maybe bdamomma Dec 15 #81

I do not mock the death of the CEO or anyone Bread and Circuses Dec 14 #6

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So far Linda ladeewolf Dec 15 #75

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