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GiqueCee

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10. The phrase...

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 01:54 PM

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... 'Most right wingers hate the phrase “for the common good”' because they prefer, "Every man for himself." That serves to justify their pathological selfishness. The word, "empathy" is equally reviled by these lowlifes for the same reason. The Bitch Goddess of Conservatism, Ayn Rand, HATED altruism so much that she could not get through an interview without raging against it. She was an unspeakably evil person. And her books sucked.

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