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Uncle Joe

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7. It's part of a decades long attempt by the GOP to dumb down the American People

Reply to MerryBlooms (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 01:14 AM

Wednesday

via all manner of institutions.

They want the American People to be ignorant so as to make them easier to use and manipulate against any concept of a greater good, just divide and conquer.

Thanks for the thread MerryBlooms

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