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orthoclad

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1. Corruption is normal. Oppression isn't.

Reply to dweller (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:07 PM

19 hrs ago

Corruption needs to be managed and regulated to keep its influence down. It's a problem that's "normal" in the sense that it's always with us. But "authoritarian normalization" is a whole order of magnitude worse. It's giving us the Fourth Reich. This is not corruption. It's oppression.

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