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This 81-year-old still works at Home Depot to support herself and her 90-year-old husband
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2025
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Genuine abhorrence of violence. Even though I think (know) it's the only way we can overcome the lying, cheating, violent bastards on the other side, growing up in an abusive home makes the idea nauseating to me.
I do believe we'll reach a point where we have no choice, though I fear that will happen when it's too late.
Also, conditioning by mass media over a lifetime.
I couldn't agree more. That's why people love Luigi so much and why there's no sympathy for the Blackrock CEO who got killed at random. People are happy to see action; they just aren't ready to act.
Inertia