Posted on 01/22/2020 6:16:55 AM PST by deplorableindc
That would be good. But the damage has been done.
This might referred to as attrition and all part of the cycle of a nation or empire. There are indeed phases and one of the last phases is that corruption becomes rampant and out of control.
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