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Initech

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7. Give everyone guns capable of mass destruction. Give them excuses to use said guns.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2026, 05:40 PM

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And then make them really angry by exposing them to cable news manufactured rage bait 24 hours a day. And then belittle anyone who dares to suggest the possibility that said guns could be bad. What could possibly go wrong?

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