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PatSeg

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18. The money people

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #17)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 10:15 PM

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tend to drown out those with passion for higher ideals. Our society has enabled the greedy for far too long and set them up as something to aspire to. It has become a part of our Western mythology.

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