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Economy

peppertree

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Reply to progree (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 13, 2022, 05:56 PM

Jan 2022

Nostalgia is human nature, I guess.

But people often forget certain realities from the past, and that's when it becomes a problem which demagogues can then exploit ("remember when your mom didn't have to work, and everyone you saw around you was white!?" ).

That said, I'm off to the record store for some more vinyl.

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