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1. Every banana Republic in this hemisphere was backed by

Fri Dec 12, 2025, 08:39 AM

Dec 12

US corporations, banks and the US government.
Now they have taken it home.

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Every banana Republic in this hemisphere was backed by malaise Dec 12 #1

And not only were the soil and ecosystems brutalized markodochartaigh Dec 12 #3

Correct malaise Dec 12 #4

And most of those banana republics came pre-loaded with Vogon_Glory Dec 12 #5

That was the prevailing thinking of racist elites malaise Dec 12 #6

...because markodochartaigh Dec 12 #2