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Warpy

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4. We were cursed with Dumdum, they're cursed with Bolsonaro

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Jun 30, 2021, 03:30 PM

Jun 2021

and it doesn't seem like anyone is learning an important lesson, that populist strongmen don't know squat and they won't listen to anyone who does and it can be fatal to a lot of good people.

Even if they don't start wars, they don't relinquish power gracefully. It often takes force to get them out.

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