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teezy

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4. They overestimated the power of money.

Reply to Sculpin Beauregard (Original post)

Sun Apr 16, 2017, 12:43 AM

Apr 2017

And trusted bad people. And some were likely caught up in the web of blackmail and corruption, and felt like they had to go along with it.

And I'm sure many of them believed, and still do, that if they pulled off a coup and turned the country into a dictatorship, they wouldn't have to worry about getting caught.

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