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4. Not up on movies, but:

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 11:21 AM

Oct 5

Kid both spoiled and abused.

Substituting power over others (abuse), authority, money and fame for love and other human qualities = sociopath.

You might read "Money, Sex, War, Karma" by David Loy, to see how pervasive this is, and carried to grotesque extremes.

https://buddhistanarchism.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/money-sex-war-karma-notes-for-a-buddhist-revolution-by-david-r.-loy-z-lib.org_.pdf (PDF)

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Why is Trump Trump? [View all] AverageOldGuy Oct 5 OP

Posted in early September - Mme. Defarge Oct 5 #2

This scene... ProudMNDemocrat Oct 5 #3

Not up on movies, but: usonian Oct 5 #4