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Mblaze

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10. I don't understand the need to be loyal to country

Reply to H2O Man (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 05:37 PM

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I served in the USAF and had a career helping Americans as a firefighter/emt so I have supported my country well but it's a big wide wonderful world we live in and I've never been as exhausted as I am by the nearly cartoonish hypocrisy in America and the blatant, in your face, corruption by the current administration and America's oligarchs. I am ready to depart.

That said, I'm probably staying here. I have family and friends that I would rather not leave behind.

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