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CBHagman

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6. Cruelty and greed are truly two of the most defining traits...

Reply to Botany (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:03 PM

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...of this corrupt administration.

And it's bad enough that they rob and starve the poor, but then so many people with power enough to hold them to account choose not to do so.

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