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Ol Janx Spirit

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37. A great choice! From a historical perspective we look around and see the myriad of great civilizations that...

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 12:29 PM

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...fell into ruin or at least irrelevance--most of which the average human alive today would not have ever heard of--and we feel that it would never happen to us.

As even the Great Pyramid of Giza is being reclaimed by the earth, it serves as a metaphor that societies--like structures--take constant maintenance to survive.

As a society we have clearly failed to maintain our democracy and we have willingly turned it over to those that do not intend to live by its founding principles--and the result will likely be catastrophic.

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