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EnergizedLib

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Mon Apr 6, 2026, 09:27 PM Monday

The first four years versus now [View all]

The first four years: It was like a small child playing with a sharp object every day, and an adult always had to run in the room and take the object away from the child to not hurt itself or others.

Now: The small child is playing with a sharp object, hurting others. People can’t or won’t be an adult in the room - instead, they’re enabling and cheering the small child on to the detriment of everybody because nobody has the guts to say the word, ‘No.’

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