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peppertree

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Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 11:12 AM

14 hrs ago

The Latin American dictatorships and Franco's Spain? That's Shady Dunce's model of governance (all heavily staffed with Opus Dei fiends).

Minus the public works, of course. A lot of those regimes at least had a good record on that (albeit crammed with corruption).

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