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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:37:42 -0700
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On Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:13:19 -0700
Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> Your Dark Enlightenment fellows want to return to those thrilling
> days of yesteryear when Kings ruled and City States were the largest
> political entitities. No thank you.

Every working-class pro-authoritarian seems *immensely* convinced that
toppling democracy will end up with them, personally, at the top of the
heap. They never seem to consider the possibility that they're actually
one of the Useful Idiots, to be put to work under the lash or disposed
of at the first convenient opportunity.