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Shipwack

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49. He is just exposing the existing rot.

Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:00 PM

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We were never as strong as we seemed or boasted.

It was built on stolen land and forced labor.

We had some good structural elements, in our time, but they were built on a rotten foundation.

If we had acknowledged and addressed our sins (which probably would have been rough and painful), we might have avoided all this.

Or maybe not.

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