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LeftInTX

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14. They used to do this in the US. We can always go back in time!

Reply to at140 (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 02:44 AM

Yesterday

They called them sewage farms.

And they still do.....causing animals and soil to turn toxic with forever chemicals. Maybe that's OK in China, but we can do better in the US.

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