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Tuesday, Mar 02, 2021

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Der Stürmer 2.0

Der Stürmer 2.0

The radical media using the same technique as Joseph Goebbels to delegitimizing and demonizing the other side, instead of proving by results -not just words- that they are any better.

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Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.
Ayn Rand

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