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GiqueCee

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8. Plastic...
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:05 AM
Friday

... is derived from petroleum, and petroleum is Mammon in the modern world. So Mammon bought out cordage producers that made baling twine and promptly ceased production so Mammon could charge farmers twice much money for the twine needed to bale hay. Now, most hay comes as a giant roll encased in... you guessed it, PLASTIC! And no one person can move a monster hay roll an inch, let alone lift one. You need a heavy tractor with a special fork to move one of 'em, and tractors run on gas or diesel fuel. Sooner or later, everything comes back to Mammon's greedy, gaping maw.

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