"The complacent the self-indulgent the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history."

Warning, History, Society, Fate

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"The complacent the self-indulgent the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history."

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"The complacent the self-indulgent the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history."

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