Some scholarly soul observed that 2020 began as 1974 with a presidential impeachment. Then it turned into 1918 with a global pandemic that quickly morphed into 1929 with the March stock market crash, followed by 2008 with a recession, and finally 1968 with civil rights protests.
Portland, Oregon’s district attorney refused to prosecute anyone charged in their summer riots. Only in 2020 America can you get arrested for opening your business, but not for looting one. It took until 2020, to reach 1984. The Ministry of Truth is alive and well with the thought police on patrol working nonstop through social media.
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Wow , you truly need mental help !!
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