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Warpy

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8. Short term? Why yes, we are

Reply to NewHendoLib (Original post)

Fri Mar 27, 2026, 09:45 PM

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and there is fuck all any of us can do about it until November.

Long term, we might be able to undo some of the damage but some will be stubbornly persistent. Likely we will come out of this a different country than went into it, and I'm not convinced that's a bad thing.

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