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AllyCat

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10. Again, no current system of the federal government is coming to save us.

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 07:37 AM

Friday

No court, no politician, no executive or legislative branch is going to save us. The world will not save us.

We need to save ourselves if we hope to survive and ever reform something resembling a democracy.

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