Comments by "Emanon" (@Emanon...) on "The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder" channel.

  1. Harvard is a corporation first, an institution for higher learning second. Don't ever forget that.
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  2. Imagine how disgusting that cap is. He wears it every day, all day. During the entire summer...
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  3. Imagine a RUS-Pac doing the same... Illegal, you say? Huh. Interesting...
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  4. And where did that privatization and regulation come from? Pure profit motive? Are you that dense ?
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  5. 19buseye71: Read up on your history, brother. The Scandinavian countries are the developed countries in the world with the most stable growth the last 40 years. The Recession hit us, but not very hard because of sound economic policies. And we happen to be among the happiest people on the planet and with the lowest corruption. Ask yourself: If you were born at random - poor or rich - in any country, would you prefer a more equal society with a fairer distribution of wealth, health and education? The answer is unequivocally YES for the majority of people with families. You should be a bit more more humble and see if you can learn from others, instead of the blind regurgitation of political buzzwords. If you think that America is #1 and perfect as it is, then God help you and God bless.
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  6. In what way was Seinfelds comedy considered controversial? He is the definition of vanilla comedy and he can't deal with the fact that the audience have outgrown his hack comedy 20 years ago.
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  7. I couldn't give less of a shit. Sometimes that happens in sports. It's not like someone's career or life was ruined... More important things in life that actually matter to people.
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  8. I live in Europe. And the 1930s part is correct. But its for migrants and specifically Muslims. We are dehumanised, marginalised and constantly targeted by politicians for "easy points". Jews are fine here, even though they might not feel safe. Muslims are actually unsafe here.
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  9. I'm "unhappy" that Dave Rubin hasn't been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer yet. It would be hilariously ironic though, since he's also a malignancy slowly leeching and killing off the host.
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  10. Maybe we need an example to be made with these cruel, wealthy anchors? I wouldn't shed a tear if Jesse Waters got "CEO'ed", that's for sure...
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  11. Here's a thought: What has this support for Israel ever done to benefit the US? Now consider what it has cost in treasure, lives and moral authority for the US. The Ukraine conflict showed us how the West can talk and act. Gaza shows us how they simply choose to remain silent. It's disgusting.
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  12. This is just Israel 101. 75 years of this shit. Soldiers protecting them, no one ever getting arrested or tried for their overt crimes.
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  13. That doesn't mean anything. Dems always get more votes than the GOP. It's the geographic placement of the votes that matters. The EC and FPTP systems are Inherently undemocratic and favouring establishment candidates.
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  14. They want white migration. That's the gist of it.
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  15. Looking healthy, sober and sane, eh Milo?
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  16. Brett is a dude's name, no?
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  17. Is all about the money for Cenk and Ana. It's a grift like most of these "circus" news sites.
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  18. This is the same type of "fog" that masses went through during eg McCarthyism, Vietnam or whenever a fascist authoritarian assumed power after a democratic election in Europe and South America. It's far more painful for them to see that they've been manipulated into supporting horror, than just going along and being silent accomplices. The facts are there for all to see. We remember. History will remember.
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  19. Links and info? I'm pretty sure the first building codes came after building disasters and/or fires and/or human suffering. That's why you have them and the EPA and geological and meteorological survey centers. Believe what you must, but I like my drinking water clean because of laws of conscience and consequence - not because it's "good business". Because there will always be greed. And bastards. And greedy bastards. Savvy?
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  20. "He evolved out of progressivism - so he's already moving in the right direction" is not fact. That's a hardcore opinion. Based on your assertion that the system works well (and you're probably right, as you're the expert between the two of us...) Hence: Would the system have worked differently if we had a non-profit motive for regulation ie. safety and health of workers and consumers? I am inclined to think so. As I don't know much about this field, I think it's relevant to ask for links for info. Otherwise I might as well watch Fox ;)
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  21. "Think" whatever I want? The sheer arrogance of your ill-veiled aversion, dude... Get a laxative, stat... Have you heard of that small thing called Europe? Well, there, in many countries, we have building codes and protection laws that start in parliament based on fucked up companies thinking they can get away with loss of lives and property. That works very well too. Environment protection, health codes, safety and working conditions, proper wages. Apple, Walmart and Amazon are a bit behind on that, brother. Except in Europe where their ass gets sued to high heaven if they don't follow the rules. Corporate interest + money in politics + lack of oversight = Epic clusterfuck of the average citizen. Greed and Growth > Lives and Livelyhood. Always. How do you "experience" these realities? Let me know what you "think". Please.
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  22. If it works, it works. I agree. But using that to push an agenda is a bit brazen. And assuming that because it works, that there isn't a better system out there is a bit presumptous. Which was my point. Just promise me you won't rest on your laurels, brother ;) Cheers
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  23. Mad tough: New Zealand had a large social sector until the neoloberal policies of the 70's. How did that work out for you. Yes, specifically you. Ask your parents and grandparents how it was before that. Ask the sick, poor and immigrant how it became after the "reforms". I would argue that people were better off back then. And being socialist today does not mean that everything is owned by the gov,s. You brought sweden as an example: Energy - public Transportation - public Infrastructure- public Healthcare - public Education - public With fair regulations to dam up the greed, corruption and excesses of crony capitalism. The US and New Zealand could certainly learn a thing or two from that... Just my two cents, brother.
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  24. "I guess it is all about cocks" - Jaime Lannister
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  25. Wait till the Shapiro 2.0 comes out. It'll be the closest thing to a human being you've ever met.
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  26. Nice callback! Man, that joke still gets me every time!
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  27. The US hates this, not just because of Israel, but also because it opens up the floodgates for prosecuting American officials too as the war criminals they are. Whether or not the country accused is a signatory is irrelevant if the other party is.
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  28. Don't f*** with the Hasan
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  29. Certain things transcend laws and social norms. If you're directly responsible for the deaths of thousands and letting thousands more suffer unnecessary because of your political ideology, I don't see how that different from terrorism. And terrorists are according to the US itself always fair game.
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  30. Finally!
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  31. Ask any respectable comedian who they revere. Never once, have I heard them mention Seinfeld.
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  32. Justice is justice. No matter the laws or the people in power.
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  33. We need a great depression. It would ultimately be a good thing for galvanizing people for corporate, banking and social reforms. #NewerDeal
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  34. It's a waste of fucking time to keep discussing polls and hypothetical results.
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  35. The wealthy, powerful Jewish Americans are not voting Democrat anyway. They're 100% aboard with the GOP and their genocidal support for Israel.
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  36. "discovers" Yeah. Sure. Because it's not like this shit has been happening to us for generations... Well, at least they have a limit for how much they can stomach. I guess that's a good thing.
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  37. That's his father in law. Pure Gold.
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  38. I thought Tim Pool was a fascist lunatic?
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  39. What a fucking moron.
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  40. Republican Moron is a pleonasm. It's like saying "free gift" or "backing the car backwards"...
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  41. Sam and Mehdi and their teams are such courageous honest people. If only 1% of us spoke out like they did, the world wouldn't be such a goddamn mess.
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  42. We have never mattered. We've known that for generations. But now we're not even seen as human beings anymore in the eyes of these so-called civilised nations and media. 30 years from now, history students will be asking their teachers: "How did we let this happen?" And the teachers will refer to the whitewashed version in the history books like how we view Vietnam, Iraq or Apartheid - but never mentioning the overwhelming media and political support for these vile crimes.
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  43. Judaism isn't Israel. Sadly, the Israeli propaganda has been very successful in presenting Israel as the defacto representative of Judaism, the religion, and Zionism as a legitimate ideology. But it's basically "blood and soil".
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  44. It's not at all unprecedented. They have blueprints. Southern slavers who objected to the Union taking away their freedoms? American colonists decrying tyranny from Britain while murdering natives and holding slaves? Reneging on treaties with native nations? Jim Crow laws? Sadly, this is a tale as old as the oldest white dudes with wealth and power...
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  45. He's probably lonely. But then again, he has the charisma of maggots in the nostril of a dead wildebeest and is a mercenary hack.
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  46. We are in the dystopia already. We just can't tell that the temperature is getting increased on our frog asses...
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  47. Explain, comrade? Parasho?
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  48. In Arabic, a synonym for lies is simply "of Israel". I always thought it was racist, but Zionists and the Israeli nation itself has proven me wrong. Now, I won't believe it unless it's verified by an objective third party, not even MS western media. They've also shown themselves for who they are.
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  49. Is there a single fucking picture of Mr Beast that isn't "Kardashian'ed to fuck" on Photoshop?
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  50. 50% of all jobs are pure and utter bullshit. If you can't explain your job with a jobtitle or in 3 sentences, guess what: You have a "pseudojob". I'm with Thanos on this one...
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  51. Thanks guys for saying it as it is about Israel and the uncritical support of the US.
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  52. When will Americans realise that Israel fucking owns all of the politicians?
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  53. He has dead eyes. He looks like a 3D rendered "uncanny valley" human.
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  54. The protesters in Israel don't give a shit about the genocide and deaths. They only protest because the hostages haven't been released yet, which is fair, but don't give them the benefit of the doubt. Israeli society is sick beyond redemption.
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  55. Look on the bright side: If there's a Christian God, these people are going to Hell. If there isn't a God, these people would have wasted their finite time on this earth being boring, uptight and hateful. It's an afterlife win/win, really.
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  56. Why is Ben Shapiro even still a thing? He has been thoroughly disproven morally and factually, and I might add, he's very annoying and sounds like a cartoon character...
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  57. The sheer level of denial to be an Israeli investigating war crimes in Ukraine, which objectively are less severe and have been going on for far shorter time, than this guy's racist, colonial country and what they've done and are currently doing.
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  58. Murder laws protect 2 out of 3. I fail to see your point. It's not a zero sum game, you do know that, right?
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  59. astrol4b: I fail to see your point. It's not a binary system, you do know that? Losing a little bit of "liberty" for the safeguarding of everyone ie. lead in my drinking water, protocols for safe medication etc. is a price I'll pay anyday. A good government values primarily the wellbeing of the citizens. A good corporation primarily values the wellbeing of its stockholders. (Not bad govs / corps withstanding)
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  60. @astrol4b: I agree. But I think that todays libertarians are a bit "out there", maybe to distinguish themselves from others' more relaxed ideologies? A bit of the same goes for socialism... I think it's a symptom of the discourse today. You're either "left" or "right". I simply refuse that premise. I'm having my political cake and eating it too, bitches ;)
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  61. I stopped believing in that when I was 15 and read Smith (and Marx). I'm an MD now, and I can assure you that I DO know whats better for others - but it's still their choice and I accept that. Just as pure socialism doesn't take human behaviour into account, libertarians assume that everyone has good intentions ie. the rational consumer and corporation. They simply didn't take into account a single part of human nature - greed > others in society. That's why we (hopefully) have laws to protect the poorer, weaker and less fortunate of us.
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  62. Sam, I love your show, but dial down the smugness a notch. Please. Who are we? Ben "punchface" Shapiro?
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  63. As they say in Yemen, Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan: "TOUGH TITTY"
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  64. And on the index of economic freedom link: It's made by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall street Journal. And Singapore - a dictatorship is ranked no 1. The list tells you nothing about personal liberty or rights. Know your sources, my brother.
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  65. Guys, it's seriously an exercise in semantics. Look up the definition of socialism, especially democratic socialism: "a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole." The key word here being owned OR regulated by the community as a whole. It's an umbrella term open for interpretation. By that definition, yes, the Scandinavian countries, Netherlands and France are socialist countries. Getting back to New Zealand "stagflation" economics in the 70's. * Name me a single time in history where solely austere measures have had a positive impact on growth, employment and purchase power * Name me a single instance of severe tax cuts bringing measurable equal growth in a market system This is not a zero sum game, fellas. Unfortunately that's how it is presented to a lot of people who have no idea of underlying economic mechanisms and political theories. But it's easy to understand. Really. If you're interested in this, check out lectures and books by Mark Blyth and Yanis Varoufakis. Final thought: When has economists as groups ever been right about anything? Exactly. It's not science based on evidence. It's religious dogma. Thanks for a respectful tone guys :)
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  66. Singapore? Emirates? Djibouti? All undemocratic. All capitalism "on steroids". No public social institutions and limited personal freedom. You say China and Cuba and USSR etc? Guess what? I can say: Every single monarchy, empire and oligarchic republic from the beginning of history that "failed"... Your list is waaaaay longer than mine, brother. None of these countries were democratic either. It's not socialism OR democracy. Its BOTH: Political AND economic rights. A well regulated liberal market by a government of the people. You do know that socialist theories are not the word of God, right? That we can shape and interpret it to serve us in the best way possible? The irony is that people are so afraid of socialist ideas because of former authoritarian regimes (which is fair), but at the same time your rights are being trampled by hateful "freedom lovers" that see themselves your superiors.
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  67. That's a strawman argument and you know it. I'm not arguing for worker control or central planning. I'm arguing for the human right that is health, education and a possibility to influence your own fortune if your born disenfranchised - via democratic means. That is in essence also socialism. Having a bit of socialistic regulation to what essentially is laissez-faire capitalist markets ie. the US is not a bad thing. You can't disagree with that. Right?
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  68. Being part of the DSA (a party) and following democratic socialism (an idea) are not the same thing. If so, why do you even bring up other countries? In Denmark we have Socialists, Social Democrats, Communists and Alternative Socialists. All follow socialist ideas but disagree vastly on immigration, EU, regulating wealth distribution and "means of production". I honestly think we've been talking past each other, as I think we agree on the basics. The rest, I reiterate, Semantics.
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  69. THAT IS MY POINT EXACTLY! JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOCIALIST IN YOUR NAME, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE AN AUTHORITARIAN THAT FOLLOWS CASTRO/STALIN/POT TO THE LETTER. It's nuanced. Please be able to see that. Example: Is conservatism racist and against abortion? It certainly was 150 years ago. But it evolved and grew. Some have the same views, but not all conservative fucking parties in the world are racist and against abortion today. Yes? Semantics is arguing about the meaning of words. This is what we have done for the last 5 posts now. RIP.
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  70. As long as they focus on the real issues
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  71. I hate to say it, but Shapiro is right on the Holocaust issue. If the Holocaust hadn't happened you wouldn't have had Israel as a nation, the "protected" status of Judaism in western nations compared to other religions and the complete lack of criticism whenever Israel commits clear acts of human rights violations. Why? The main reason seems to be the fear of being seen as an anti-Semite.
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  72. "And some, I assume, are good people..." The epitaph of America and the horror it has caused throughout history
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  73. There is no greater antisemitism and threat to Judaism as a cultural religion than Israel.
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  74. Hate break it to you but Ground News is part of the biased Western media ecosystem. I've yet to see them "curating" the facts on Gaza from the ground or media from the wider "Global South". It's good for curating "left/right" bias on eg US domestic issues, but on Israel and Zionism, the entire western media is either a willing accomplice or terrified of speaking truth to power - as we've seen with the legion of journalists fired for speaking frankly about the genocide in Gaza. Y'all need to find a better sponsor.
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  75. Bassem Yousef can not be fucked with. He'll destroy you with facts and humour.
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  76. Look on the bright side: The airline will be sued into oblivion. These guys are about to be massive multimillionaires. Hopefully they'll use their newfound wealth to help others that find themselves victims of racism and not just pull up the ladder behind them...
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  77. I my experience, you can end the discussion by using this sentence: "Define Woke". You'll quickly figure out that it just means what the particular person doesn't like.
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  78. Its genocide. There's no other word for what Israel is doing. They've already told us their intent in retracted comments or hot mics.
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  79. Socialist society IS natural. Humans are social creatures that live with and support each other. Egotism is natural, but so is caring and empathy. Forget Marx and Lenin. They never took sociology as a science into account. And the fact that we should have equal rights - but that we are NOT BORN equal. But guess what? "The rational consumer" and "invisible hand of the free market" is as big a lie. We've tried capitalist oligarchies since the Pharaohs. It sucks. Finally, if you think that America is #1 and perfect as it is, then God help you and God bless.
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  80. Anyone: Freedom of speech! Israel: Freedom from speech!
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  81. Fun fact: Shapiro sounds like a normal human male if you play him at x 0.75 speed.
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  82. Stop saying 6 million jews! 10-12 million people were systematically murdered including democrats, communist, gays, the disabled, romanis AND jews Sorry Sam, but facts in this case matter. Israeli Jews are still using this against any rational supporter of human rights - vis-a-vis critics of Israel.
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  83. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty. It's that simple.
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  84. This is so funny.
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  85. With the amount of money raised and spent, it has to be Kamala. No other candidate can legally make use of the funds and therefore no one has a chance if they start from rock bottom in July... But I think it's too little too late. Trump has an enormous advantage no matter what. Americans need to strap in and lube up: Y'all are getting fucked
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