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Codifer

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25. The military is key.

Reply to stillcool (Reply #23)

Fri Apr 25, 2025, 08:52 PM

13 hrs ago

I could fall into either of two traps.

The dismal trap is a rabbit hole which leads past the Stanford experiment and Kent State all the way to Mai Lai and worse.

The more dangerous trap is to think that they are all Opie from Mayberry.

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