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Communism: The Destruction Of The American Dream
It was 1900, 1920, 1940, 1960 when the signs still said, Whites only, not 100 or even 1,000 years ago when the confederate flag was hoisted. Most of the foreign people who are allowed to vote come from places where disabled are just disabled. No benefits. Most foreign people come from systems of “cast”, you were born poor, you die poor. That, is not the American Dream. Many of them were running from places, and are just glad to see that someone is doing worse than they are. Wake up! Communism was not just in places like Russia, Germany and Eastern Europe; it was here in the United States of America. Many escaped and sit in mansions spending up the money their ancestors exploited. That is why there were all those movies causing you to look for

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