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paleotn

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10. Why don't they just secede again and get it over with.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 08:13 PM

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Take the deep south and corn country with them and they can all go off and be Jebusland. Forced religion. A tiny plutocracy that owns everything. And poverty kids on every corner. You know, a real shit hole country. Maybe then the rest of us can have nice things.

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