Al Sweigart on Nostr: Conservatives straight up think war = free war loot and that victory = morality. It's ...
Conservatives straight up think war = free war loot and that victory = morality. It's always been this way. When I protested the Iraq invasion in college, I saw campus Republicans flying a banner that said "kick their ass and take their gas!" They don't admit it, they BRAG about it.
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