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Non-Fiction

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3. Catalyst is not the same as causality. Political leaders rarely fight in wars anymore.

Sun Oct 26, 2025, 07:39 AM

Oct 26

But you can bet somebody thinks their ideas are better than all the rest.

That being said, there are just wars, and unjust ones.

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