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Alice Kramden

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16. That's exactly it - "the hoarding class," as you put it

Reply to Warpy (Reply #14)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 07:17 PM

20 hrs ago

The rich imagine they are envied, but they really are reviled and to be pitied for their absence of human compassion

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Richest country in the world, my flabby old ass Warpy 20 hrs ago #14

That's exactly it - "the hoarding class," as you put it Alice Kramden 20 hrs ago #16

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