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1 hour ago, Iceresistance said:

Elon Musk projected that Trump will win in a "Huge Landslide" if he is put into handcuffs.

 

I think that is reasonable because he will be viewed as a victim. I would love to see DeSantis win.

I don't think Trump will win a general election. No one who currently does not support him is going to change their mind.

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1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

I don't think Trump will win a general election. No one who currently does not support him is going to change their mind.

That, in a nutshell, is the other half of the problem facing the GOP. So, to sum up: Trump can’t lose in the primary, and he can’t win in the general.

It's called clown range for a reason.

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21 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

That, in a nutshell, is the other half of the problem facing the GOP. So, to sum up: Trump can’t lose in the primary, and he can’t win in the general.

They are basically screwed until he dies.

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41 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Someone more classically liberal or conservative like JFK or Reagan.

Here's the thing: if something like that is really so important to you, then you're a weirdo.

I don't mean this pejoratively; just to say that believing ideology is important makes you a weirdo. The vast majority of voters don't care much about ideology. Mostly, they care about their own personal well-being, and look around desperately for others to blame when their well-being suffers.

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6 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Here's the thing: if something like that is really so important to you, then you're a weirdo.

I don't mean this pejoratively; just to say that believing ideology is important makes you a weirdo. The vast majority of voters don't care much about ideology. Mostly, they care about their own personal well-being, and look around desperately for others to blame when their well-being suffers.

The platforms and campaigns of politics are, of course, concerned mainly with pandering to such individuals.

It's called clown range for a reason.

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28 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Here's the thing: if something like that is really so important to you, then you're a weirdo.

I don't mean this pejoratively; just to say that believing ideology is important makes you a weirdo. The vast majority of voters don't care much about ideology. Mostly, they care about their own personal well-being, and look around desperately for others to blame when their well-being suffers.

Most people don't like Trump's ideology.

America was one of the only nations to have freedom of religion and freedom of speech in their Bill of Rights and they set a model for other Western democracies. Their style of government was pretty much unique at the time of the Founding.

Sure Black people and women had it bad at first but the ideology of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence eventually led to their freedom too. 

I am not for prayer or Bible reading in public schools, as I would not want the Koran read in public schools either, but there was a time long ago when most people were OK with it. Also John Adams said our constitution only works for a moral and religious (not necessarily Christian) people. We used to stand for family values and abstinence. 

Today even some of the things Bill Clinton said about illegal immigration during his presidency would be considered offensive and inappropriate to many on the left.

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9 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Most people don't like Trump's ideology

Enough did that he could get elected in 2016. The Electoral College is not a small-d democratic institution, but it is not a thoroughly undemocratic one, either. There still is some correlation between a state's population and the number of electors it has.

9 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

America was one of the only nations to have freedom of religion and freedom of speech in their Bill of Rights and they set a model for other Western democracies. Their style of government was pretty much unique at the time of the Founding.

Now you're starting to go off on an ideological tangent. You may believe all that passionately, but that's beside the point. The vast majority doesn't care a great deal about ideology. That fact above can go in many ideological directions. Not all to your left are anti-freedom, believe it or not.

It's called clown range for a reason.

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1 hour ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Enough did that he could get elected in 2016. The Electoral College is not a small-d democratic institution, but it is not a thoroughly undemocratic one, either. There still is some correlation between a state's population and the number of electors it has.

Now you're starting to go off on an ideological tangent. You may believe all that passionately, but that's beside the point. The vast majority doesn't care a great deal about ideology. That fact above can go in many ideological directions. Not all to your left are anti-freedom, believe it or not.

People also have different concepts of what freedom means. For example, Newsom told people to come to California for freedom (mainly abortion rights) but at the same time California had a mass exodus due to strict covid mandates. Other people felt the mandates kept them safer and therefore freer.

The basic difference between classical liberalism and Marxism however is that the first believes in religious freedom and that religious people generally require less government while the second says that religion is an opioid for the masses. Both strive for equality. 

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12 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

People also have different concepts of what freedom means. For example, Newsom told people to come to California for freedom (mainly abortion rights) but at the same time California had a mass exodus due to strict covid mandates. Other people felt the mandates kept them safer and therefore freer.

The basic difference between classical liberalism and Marxism however is that the first believed in religious freedom and the other said religion is an opioid for the masses. Both strived for equality. 

It seems you really want to talk some about ideology! Very well, then. But before I do, a reminder: That makes you (and I, for I am sufficiently into ideology to be willing to entertain your desire) a weirdo. Most of the voting public just doesn't care about ideology that much. It may be sad, it may be something that needs changing, but it is also true.

And so long as it is true, the platforms and campaigns of politics will be concerned mainly with pandering to such individuals.

As for Marxism, one of the many takeaways from Marx is that he failed to appreciate sufficiently the classic liberal virtue of liberty. That much is clear, and you might be interested that even back in his day (well before the Russian Revolution) there were voices on the radical left criticizing Marx’s authoritarian tendencies.

It's called clown range for a reason.

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9 hours ago, Iceresistance said:

Elon Musk projected that Trump will win in a "Huge Landslide" if he is put into handcuffs.

I think that is reasonable because he will be viewed as a victim. I would love to see DeSantis win.

I agree on both statements generally but to be honest I’m not so sure Trump is the solution he was when he was elected the 1st time. 
That said this bunch of losers in office right now need to go.  Talk about embarrassing.   Can’t we just have a respected capable President for 8 yrs. No crisis or controversy???!   Plz?

 

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1 hour ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

It seems you really want to talk some about ideology! Very well, then. But before I do, a reminder: That makes you (and I, for I am sufficiently into ideology to be willing to entertain your desire) a weirdo. Most of the voting public just doesn't care about ideology that much. It may be sad, it may be something that needs changing, but it is also true.

And so long as it is true, the platforms and campaigns of politics will be concerned mainly with pandering to such individuals.

As for Marxism, one of the many takeaways from Marx is that he failed to appreciate sufficiently the classic liberal virtue of liberty. That much is clear, and you might be interested that even back in his day (well before the Russian Revolution) there were voices on the radical left criticizing Marx’s authoritarian tendencies.

The Founding Fathers also believed in representative democracy rather than direct democracy because they believed the second could lead to mob rule. That's why they designed the Electoral College. 

Also I heard that the Pilgrims tried out socialism, a non-authoritarian version where food and resources were supposed to be shared, and it did not work too well. Without the concept of private property, "you should not steal" becomes meaningless.

 

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1 hour ago, roadtonowhere08 said:

Labels aside, what made either of them so great to you?

Both were patriotic and supported capitalism and they appreciated America despite its many flaws. There's a healthy concept of "America first", which means you should treat your fellow citizens like your family and by taking care of them, they are able to take care of others, such as non-citizens and people from other countries. It does not mean that other nations are the enemy.

Today all they teach about are the bad things about America such as slavery and colonialism, but slavery was practiced by all cultures throughout history and the native Americans had tribal warfare before the colonists arrived. That does not make those things right, but there are reasons people used to call us the land of liberty and opportunity and that so many people came here looking for a better life. 

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14 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Both were patriotic and supported capitalism and they appreciated America despite its many flaws. There's a healthy concept of "America first", which means you should treat your fellow citizens like your family and by taking care of them, they are able to take care of others, such as non-citizens and people from other countries. It does not mean that other nations are the enemy.

America first. Snort.

It is my experience that those who bleat “America first!” the loudest almost all, to a last man, are deadset against the concept of the welfare state. It’s usually just a sneer phrase used so shut down any concern about cruelty happening in other countries.

14 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Today all they teach about are the bad things about America such as slavery and colonialism, but slavery was practiced by all cultures throughout history and the native Americans had tribal warfare before the colonists arrived. That does not make those things right, but there are reasons people used to call us the land of liberty and opportunity and that so many people came here looking for a better life. 

Incorrect; all cultures did not practice slavery, though many did. And Trump mostly felt threatened by those who looked up to the USA and desired strongly to move there. A signature move of his presidency was building a wall to help keep people out, after all. I once went to the Reagan library and read through a couple of his old speeches about immigration and the difference between him and #45 was astounding.

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45 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

The Founding Fathers also believed in representative democracy rather than direct democracy because they believed the second could lead to mob rule. That's why they designed the Electoral College. 

Which ironically ended up artificially amplifying the effects of the very sort of demagoguery that many of those very same Founders warned about.

45 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Also I heard that the Pilgrims tried out socialism, a non-authoritarian version where food and resources were supposed to be shared, and it did not work too well. Without the concept of private property, "you should not steal" becomes meaningless.

References? The main foolishness of the Pilgrims of which I am aware was their decision to start a settlement in New England in late autumn. That does not disprove other aspects of their planning having gone bad, but I am going to have to see some good historical evidence for it.

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1 hour ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Both were patriotic and supported capitalism and they appreciated America despite its many flaws. There's a healthy concept of "America first", which means you should treat your fellow citizens like your family and by taking care of them, they are able to take care of others, such as non-citizens and people from other countries. It does not mean that other nations are the enemy.

That's a whole lot of nothing, right there.  You are going by feelings and not policy or actions.

Reagan has been deified as a patriot, but lots of his actions have done a lot of harm to this country in the long run.  His environmental and working class policies were atrocious.  Private prisons and skyrocketing incarceration rate?  Reagan.  That's not "America First", that's "Big Money" first.  He was industry's b**ch.

Then we've got JFK and Vietnam.  Yeah.

You look back with rose-colored glasses.

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12 hours ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

I will bet the first taker USD $100 (CAD $137 if you prefer to wager in Canadian funds) that Trump WILL NOT be arrested or indicted in the next 14 days (i.e. by 9:00 AM Pacific time, 1 April 2023). Payable by PayPal. Any takers? (This is an honest offer.)

Tempting....though in the end I've been coping with the pessimism of anything actually happening to change now.  The one thing that makes it tempting is that it sounds like city, state and federal law enforcement are "having discussions" in preparations of something happening as soon as the coming week.

 

It also sounds like some discussions are starting to happen between the Secret Service and New York officials.  Sounds like the USS is taking the position of "whatever you guys do with him, we will be by his side at all times."  Fair enough, it is a protection afforded to all former presidents.

Now, if the question is whether or not he will do a "perp walk" to the courthouse or wherever he surrenders himself, that absolutely will not happen.  While I don't think he deserves that exception, it is probably for the best.  Enough wingnuts will come unhinged without watching their deity being paraded in front of the cameras in bracelets.

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11 hours ago, Andie said:

The forecast arrest of Trump this Tuesday will be a twist.  
Can anyone with an arrest run for President?   
This is just crazy.  DC will do anything to eliminate him.  If tables were turned Party-wise it would be very different. All hell would break loose.  

If he is arrested, I think he can still run, it's not until he gets convicted (if that were to happen)....if he were convicted of a felony, maybe not?  In theory a felon cannot vote (though I think states are starting to change that unfortunately), so I would venture to guess they would not be able to hold federal office, but I am too tired to go diving into the constitution tonight.

 

As for "DC will do anything to eliminate him"  I am sorry but I am going to have to call complete bullsh*t on this.  It's becoming increasingly evident that a VAST majority of Republican want him gone, have wanted him gone, and recognize that their life would be so much easier without Trump.  Just go back to the interviews right after Jan 6, were the only people supporting Trump were the wingnuts like MTG and Boebert and worthless sacks of sh*t like Jim Jordan, Josh Hawley, and Matt Gaetz.  I'm still recovering from the whiplash from trying to keep track of McConnell, McCarthy and Graham's extreme flip-flopping on Trump.

 

And....they had their chance to be rid of him....if they had impeached him or invoked the 25th amendment, he would be out of their hair.  But the Republican leadership were too scared of Trump's supporters and showed their true spineless colors. 

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1 hour ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Some people understand socialism as a system where everyone is generous and compassionate and shares things with others. That's not socialism though, that's voluntary giving. It would be nice if everyone was that way and we had unlimited resources. 

The problem is that humans are not generally compassionate and generous.

Wealth in itself, however, is not evil, it's hoarding your wealth or loving money that is evil.

In socialism, everyone is forced to share whether they want to or not. That is not giving out of love. It also requires some sort of regulation to prevent hoarding, and all too often the government or whoever is in control of the wealth distribution begins to abuse their power.

It also reminds me of a verse from the chapter of the Bible often used in weddings, 1 Corinthians 13:3 - "If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing"

In the end, though, it's not really socialism or capitalism that is the problem, it's human nature as well as limited resources. 

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14 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Some people understand socialism as a system where everyone is generous and compassionate and shares things with others. That's not socialism though, that's voluntary giving. If nobody owns anything and all resources are shared among the community, how do you prevent things like hoarding?

The problem is that humans are not generally compassionate and generous.

Wealth in itself is not evil, it's hoarding your wealth or loving money that is evil.

In socialism, everyone is forced to share whether they want to or not. That is not giving out of love. It also requires some sort of regulation and all too often the government or whoever is in control of the wealth distribution begins to abuse their power.

It also reminds me of a verse from the chapter of the Bible often used in weddings, 1 Corinthians 13:3 - "If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing"

In the end, though, it's not really socialism or capitalism that is the problem, it's human nature.

It is out of the bolded thesis that the allure of socialism shines for many.  When people are forced to become more selfless and giving, they are then exposed to the social, economic, health, and infrastructure benefits that society reaps.  That is literally the foundation of having a form of government the first place.  Socialism is just a stronger leap into that belief than most other governmental forms.  Put another way: how many people would pay taxes if they were optional?  What would happen to society as a result?

That is all predicated on the fact that a competent government is in place to oversee and faithfully follow through on the aforementioned merits.

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One could sum it up thusly:  If you hate socialism so much, why don't we get rid of Medicare, Medicaid, social security, the military, the FDIC, any infrastructure project, and any form of bailout to any failing company no matter what?

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Well, there have been protests and some fires but I doubt the city is burning.  

Also, if they do arrest Trump they’d better be prepared for backlash.   And the proof best be iron clad.   
This would be another Presidential benchmark and rough on any seeking re-election on the Right. Man, they really hate (or fear) him.  

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11 hours ago, roadtonowhere08 said:

Also, here is your daily misleading headline

Paris is burning: Protesters set city ablaze

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/03/17/paris-france-street-protests-pension-retirement-cnntm-kiley-intl-vpx.cnn

It is because the French working class is willing to raise holy hell whenever their ruling elite tries to game the system more in favor of the most powerful and wealthy that the French working class enjoys the above-average share of the national wealth, and the guaranteed access to social services, that it does.

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Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. The conflict has been exciting, agitating, all-absorbing, and for the time being, putting all other tumults to silence. It must do this or it does nothing. If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.

This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both….

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11 hours ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

In socialism, everyone is forced to share whether they want to or not. That is not giving out of love. It also requires some sort of regulation to prevent hoarding, and all too often the government or whoever is in control of the wealth distribution begins to abuse their power.

One can say the exact same thing about capitalism. There is not an advanced capitalist economy on the face of the Earth that exists without the services of a government to provide a currency, enforce private property rights (at gunpoint if necessary, whether or not the individuals involved actually prefer capitalism), defend against the possibility of foreign invasion, etc.

If it is the existence of a coercive State itself that one is objecting to, neither capitalism nor state socialism but some form of anarchism is the ideology most compatible with that belief.

It's called clown range for a reason.

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14 hours ago, Chewbacca Defense said:

If he is arrested, I think he can still run, it's not until he gets convicted (if that were to happen)....if he were convicted of a felony, maybe not?  In theory a felon cannot vote (though I think states are starting to change that unfortunately), so I would venture to guess they would not be able to hold federal office, but I am too tired to go diving into the constitution tonight.

 

As for "DC will do anything to eliminate him"  I am sorry but I am going to have to call complete bullsh*t on this.  It's becoming increasingly evident that a VAST majority of Republican want him gone, have wanted him gone, and recognize that their life would be so much easier without Trump.  Just go back to the interviews right after Jan 6, were the only people supporting Trump were the wingnuts like MTG and Boebert and worthless sacks of sh*t like Jim Jordan, Josh Hawley, and Matt Gaetz.  I'm still recovering from the whiplash from trying to keep track of McConnell, McCarthy and Graham's extreme flip-flopping on Trump.

 

And....they had their chance to be rid of him....if they had impeached him or invoked the 25th amendment, he would be out of their hair.  But the Republican leadership were too scared of Trump's supporters and showed their true spineless colors. 

Felons have had their voting rights restored in Florida. Remember when that was supposed to make the state permanently blue? 

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2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

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3 hours ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

One can say the exact same thing about capitalism. There is not an advanced capitalist economy on the face of the Earth that exists without the services of a government to provide a currency, enforce private property rights (at gunpoint if necessary, whether or not the individuals involved actually prefer capitalism), defend against the possibility of foreign invasion, etc.

If it is the existence of a coercive State itself that one is objecting to, neither capitalism nor state socialism but some form of anarchism is the ideology most compatible with that belief.

Speaking of Anarchy, there is a Minnesota teacher that is trying to teach her kids to promote Anarchy in an Elementary School!

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16 hours ago, roadtonowhere08 said:

One could sum it up thusly:  If you hate socialism so much, why don't we get rid of Medicare, Medicaid, social security, the military, the FDIC, any infrastructure project, and any form of bailout to any failing company no matter what?

Most people would say things like no government is truly 100% capitalist or 100% socialist, and it also seems that different people mean different things by socialism.

Yes we need taxes, but there should also be private ownership of property. Some say socialism agrees with Christianity, as Christians are supposed to give to the poor, but the Bible also says that you should not covet the possessions of another person (which implies private ownership), and that you must work if you want to eat.

What I am against is government taking full control of industries such as healthcare. Today under Medicare, you can get private insurance if you want, but Medicare for All would end all private health insurance completely. I am also against people abusing welfare and living off it rather than getting a job. Welfare should only be temporary unless a person is truly unable to work.  Also people who contribute more to society should make more money, just like people who perform better in school get better grades and GPAs.

Some people also want to get rid of merit-based systems, testing requirements, etc. due to identity politics and disadvantaged groups not having the same access to resources and study programs. I actually think the SAT sucks for evaluating your performance in college, but life is not totally fair and there also have to be some sort of merit based requirements to ensure people perform well in school and in work.

 

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Also from the right-wing politics article on Wikipedia

The original use of the term "right-wing", relative to communism, placed the conservatives on the right, the liberals in the centre and the communists on the left. Both the conservatives and the liberals were strongly anti-communist. The history of the use of the term right-wing about anti-communism is a complicated one

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Mr Marine Layer said:

Most people would say things like no government is truly 100% capitalist or 100% socialist, and it also seems that different people mean different things by socialism.

Yes we need taxes, but there should also be private ownership of property. Some say socialism agrees with Christianity, as Christians are supposed to give to the poor, but the Bible also says that you should not covet the possessions of another person (which implies private ownership), and that you must work if you want to eat.

What I am against is government taking full control of industries such as healthcare. Today under Medicare, you can get private insurance if you want, but Medicare for All would end all private health insurance completely. I am also against people abusing welfare and living off it rather than getting a job. Welfare should only be temporary unless a person is truly unable to work.  Also people who contribute more to society should make more money.

Some people also want to get rid of merit-based systems, testing requirements, etc. due to identity politics and disadvantaged groups not having the same access to resources and study programs. I actually think the SAT sucks for evaluating your performance in college, but there also has to be some sort of merit based requirements to ensure people perform well in school and in work.

 

Yeah, people have weaponized the Bible to promote their ideologies.

 

Also, one of the reasons why I will never take the SAT is that you will receive a penalty for guessing an answer to a question!

Never say Never with Weather, because anything is possible!

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I have to agree on the testing sentiment 

I was a Psych major and my major professor was a Doctorate in counseling and testing.  He loved to test (torture) his majors et nauseam….so we learned a lot about ourselves AND testing.  
Apparently, I’m not able to be hypnotized.  Many people can’t be.  They just aren’t suggestible.  Had several pros try and suggestions just wouldn’t work on me. Am also a creative problem solver/ co built a chemical recycling company. One of the few.

SATs are developed for main stream students. Creative thinkers and problem solvers tend to have trouble with tests like that.  If it’s any comfort, they’re the entrepreneurs, artists, complex problem solvers, scientists….Rogues. Welcome to the Club!! 👍

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Before You Diagnose Yourself With Depression or Low Self-Esteem,...First Make Sure You Are Not In Fact, Just Surrounded By A$$holes.

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