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muriel_volestrangler

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12. I'm thinking in terms of good for humanity, rather than for the Met

Reply to Lonestarblue (Reply #11)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:15 AM

12 hrs ago

Artwashing is, in the long term, a moral failure, and when it's coming from both fossil fuels and a violent authoritarian regime, it's better that it ends.

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