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Orrex

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17. Right! As King correctly notes.

Reply to druidity33 (Reply #16)

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 12:17 AM

Jul 2

They're allowed to vote "NO" when their vote doesn't matter one way or the other, and they thereby puff up the illusion that they're anything other than wholly owned subsidiaries of the party of fascists.

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