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Greybnk48

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8. Are they ignorant of the fact that their dominance will be a pyrrhic victory, or close to it?

Reply to discocrisco01 (Original post)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 10:19 AM

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If bunkers and isolation are necessary, what good will their money be?

They need to watch The Walking Dead or Fallout that follow this kind of hubris to its logical conclusion. They will have no more power than anyone else if things go that far south. Their compounds will be up for grabs.

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