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The Pepperman and the Generals

I OPENED A DOOR TO A INTERESTING SCENE. CORPORATE DEALINGS IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. MAYBE A CONSPIRACY SOMETHING ABOUT LAND HAVING CONTROL AND WIELDING COMMANDS PETRO AND DIAMONDS SILVER AND GOLD. FORCING OTHERS TO DO WHAT THEY'RE TOLD. WORK THEM TO DEATH IT'S TRULY INSANE. MAKES ME FEEL I'M THE GOD IN THIS GAME. THEY SPOKE ABOUT CONTROL OVER POPULATION. THEY LAUGHED AND JOKED ABOUT INCINERATION A GIFT TO THE GODS FOR OUR MODIFICATIONS. AS THEY RAISED THEIR GLASSES TO ONE GREAT NATION. NO NEED FOR MONEY FEED TO THE PEASANTS. I LIKE WATCHING THEM SQUIRM WHEN THEY STAND IN MY PRESENCE THEY LAUGHED AND WALKED TO ANOTHER LOCATION. THEY REJOINED THEY'RE GROUP WHO REPRESENT NATIONS. THEY WERE MET WITH CHEERS OR SHALL I SAY ROAR. PASSING THE HALL AND OUT ON TO THE FLOOR. THESE WERE THE GENERALS THE GUYS RUNNING THE SHOW. YOU DO AS THEY TELL YOU. THERE'S NO NEED TO KNOW. DIAMOND CRUSTED STATUES OF GOLD. SHORT AND TALL YOUNG AND OLD. THOSE ARE THE DONORS. THEY LIVE THE DREAMS. THEY PAY THE GENERALS TO HAVE THEIR OWN TEAMS. THEY MAKE THE RULES TO PROTECT THEM FROM YOU. THE GENERALS HAVE TEAMS TO DO WHAT THEY DO. THIS WAS A WORLD OF HAVES AND HAVE NOTS ALL OF THE ORDERS CAME DOWN FROM THE TOP THIS IS A WORLD WHERE FREEDOM'S NOT FREE ALL THAT YOU HAVE IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE. Michael E. Harris 02092021

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Date: 2/9/2021 5:52:00 PM
A forceful write! Freedom’s not free...all that you have is what you believe!
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