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cachukis

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11. Denial. They all have lived transactional lives and
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 06:36 PM
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became wealthy. Two of them were C students in college and have complained that you smart people have screwed things up. The resentment is palpable.
The three of them are quite philanthropic, but choose their benefactors and feel that is better than the tax system that is beyond their control.
They are college chums and I choose not to break the friendship of over 50 years.
We are frank and I can use them as stereotypes in my arguments.
It matters not. They are business men with the big eats little mantra as a guide.
They have made the commitment to their world view and it works for them.
My philosophical attempts at allegory are only mellifluous to my ears.

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