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Mar 2018
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Mar. 18, 2018 "Cutting Through the Matri...

ALAN WATT ( CUTTINGTHROUGHTHEMATRIX.COM & ALANWATTSENTIENTSENTINEL.EU )
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--{ "The Culture Machine's Smooth, No Hesitation, See Copycat Antics of Music Video Generation, Programmers, Confident, all Oozing Knavery, Said "Do What Thou Wilt!" Freedom is Slavery." © Alan Watt }-- Revolution - Trotsky - Peter Hitchens - Brutality of the Soviet System - Different Realities on the Go at the Same Time - Milner Group - Kindergarten - Sett ... Show More
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