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bucolic_frolic

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1. Fighting the revolution from your couch is not an historically verified strategy.

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Wed Jun 3, 2026, 09:16 AM

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He's right. Societies that have shaken off fascism, and even countries where radicals have seized power, have involved active elements of society - labor, military, loyalists, even intellectuals. We trust the ballot box, free and fair elections, and money, and we don't particularly have control of those areas right now.

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