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 The people who wanted to put the unvaccinated in camps, foment WWIII with Russia and censor dissent lost.

The people who believe in informed consent, free speech and peace won. 

The rest is noise. 
 The bizarre thing to me is that if Kamala won, they'd be saying the same thing, roughly, and believe it.

That's how they get us to be so divided. It's an endless loop of "No u." 
 They would say the same thing, but they wouldn’t believe it.  
 After my little jaunt on bluesky yesterday, I can tell you that the absolutely would. It is a cult. Really, actually made me second guess myself for a small moment because it's so fascinating. 
 All talk. Ask one of them to bet you whether any of his American citizen friends winds up in a camp. They won’t take your bet. Ask them why if Hitler is president they’re not imminently leaving the country. It’s all fake and performative IMO, and deep down they know it.  
 I agree. There's also a huge peer pressure factor. They all know it's bs, but none of them can be the one to call it out or they get absolutely skewered by their own community. The bravest ones leave, but also leave that community behind. 
 No backbone, no self esteem, no integrity. Status-seeking losers.  
 PRECISELY, THEY ARE PRETENDING STILL, LIKE CHILDREN 
 LA LA LA I CANT HEAR YOU! 
 YEAH... THEY BELIEVE A LOT OF IT... WHAT THEY DONT BELIEVE IN IS THEMSRLVES 
 Ah yes, Russia 
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 This makes sense but everything can be measured in degree. Patience is needed because although the direction change looks encouraging, we really are not there yet. There are troubling things but mainly referring to this at the moment, in case you have any comment on it.

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