anchor.diff:  
   So we did. 
   
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   In my life time, there has never been a political party or leader or government in power which I can describe as properly left-wing.
   
  
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  And it's only gotten worse, as long as I have been alive. Reagan must be dancing in his grave.
  
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  I dreamed of living in one of those countries, even as a boy. I knew my place in the world, knew my government. Even then I had no hope. I watched my first election play out, a choice between a robot and an idiot, both of whom were taking the same amount of money from the same companies and rich benefactors. 
  
  
negative.code: My wife suggested that this was merely the depression talking. As Vonnegut might've said, my brain was producing bad chemicals again. 
  
  
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  The cat doesn't like me.
  
  