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forgotmylogin

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1. I remember in high school Social Studies, we learned about the Soviet Union.
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 07:25 PM
Jun 13

The usual story was "blue jeans are hard to get and very valuable, almost like a status symbol." They'd show pictures of sparse offerings in nearly empty grocery stores.

That's gonna be us soon with all our farm laborers deported, and tariffs nobody will pay for.

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