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4D4 - Anti Feudal America

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Is a : Data Engineer | Postmodern renaissance thinker | Civics & economics nerd, science enthusiast, history buff | Frustrated by neo-feudalism & wealth hoarding | Believer in systemic reform & humanity's potential to build something better | Human 😎

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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 08/10/2026
A teacher earning $60k pays 20 to 30% in federal income and payroll taxes. The 25 richest Americans paid a true rate of 3.4% from 2014 to 2018. The tax code is not failing. It is working exactly as designed, for those who designed it.
A teacher earning $60k pays 20 to 30% in federal income and payroll taxes. The 25 richest Americans paid a true rate of 3.4% from 2014 to 2018. The tax code is not failing. It is working exactly as designed, for those who designed it.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 06/10/2026
Drop separation and you have described slavery. Drop exchange and you have legitimized organ sales. Drop assessment and you are taxing treasure maps. Together the three tests define wealth, and they hold for assets nobody has invented yet.
Drop separation and you have described slavery. Drop exchange and you have legitimized organ sales. Drop assessment and you are taxing treasure maps. Together the three tests define wealth, and they hold for assets nobody has invented yet.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 04/10/2026
The full Chapter 5 of The Last Tax is up: three tests, exchange, assessment, and separation, that define wealth precisely enough to tax it without ever reaching your labor or your person. Watch below. Book: thelasttax.com/buy
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The Wealth Test (Full Chapter) | The Last Tax Ch. 5
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 01/10/2026
"The story of American taxation begins with a constitutional provision designed to protect slaveholders." The direct tax clause, born of the compromise over slavery, is still the barrier to taxing wealth.
"The story of American taxation begins with a constitutional provision designed to protect slaveholders." The direct tax clause, born of the compromise over slavery, is still the barrier to taxing wealth.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 29/09/2026
Can it change hands and still be what it is? Land, shares, and patents can. Your skills, your health, and your labor cannot. This is the line between property and personhood, and it is why a wealth tax never touches you, only what you hold.
Can it change hands and still be what it is? Land, shares, and patents can. Your skills, your health, and your labor cannot. This is the line between property and personhood, and it is why a wealth tax never touches you, only what you hold.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 27/09/2026
The Last Tax, Chapter 5 Part 2: the separation test, why all three tests must hold at once, and how the wealth test protects the republic. New video below. Get the book: thelasttax.com/buy
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The Wealth Test (Part 2) | The Last Tax Ch. 5
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 24/09/2026
Who has financial privacy right now? The current system provides asymmetric privacy. Maximum privacy for those with resources to achieve it. Minimum privacy for everyone else.
Who has financial privacy right now? The current system provides asymmetric privacy. Maximum privacy for those with resources to achieve it. Minimum privacy for everyone else.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 22/09/2026
Can it be measured in dollars? If a bank will lend against it, an insurer will cover it, or an auction house will sell it, it can be valued. Sentimental value fails. Social standing fails. Rumors about future worth fail.
Can it be measured in dollars? If a bank will lend against it, an insurer will cover it, or an auction house will sell it, it can be valued. Sentimental value fails. Social standing fails. Rumors about future worth fail.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 20/09/2026
Chapter 5 of The Last Tax: what actually counts as wealth? A definition sharp enough that no lawyer can argue around it. Part 1, the exchange and assessment tests, is below. Book: thelasttax.com/buy
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The Wealth Test (Part 1) | The Last Tax Ch. 5
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 17/09/2026
"Tax the rich." It's a popular slogan. But what counts as "rich"? Income? Net worth? Lifestyle? Vague definitions create room for argument, and argument creates room for escape.
"Tax the rich." It's a popular slogan. But what counts as "rich"? Income? Net worth? Lifestyle? Vague definitions create room for argument, and argument creates room for escape.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 15/09/2026
Can it be traded or pledged in a lawful market? Stocks, real estate, crypto, and patents all pass. Your vote, your job title, and your security clearance all fail. Exchangeability is the mark of economic power.
Can it be traded or pledged in a lawful market? Stocks, real estate, crypto, and patents all pass. Your vote, your job title, and your security clearance all fail. Exchangeability is the mark of economic power.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 13/09/2026
The full Chapter 4 of The Last Tax is up: why closing loopholes and raising rates never fixes a system built to absorb reform. Watch below. Read the book: thelasttax.com/buy
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Why Reforms Wont Work (Full Chapter) | The Last Tax Ch. 4
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 10/09/2026
A wealth tax taxes what you have, not what you are. Your labor, your skills, your health, your relationships: none of these are taxable. They are you. The line between property and personhood must be bright and inviolable.
A wealth tax taxes what you have, not what you are. Your labor, your skills, your health, your relationships: none of these are taxable. They are you. The line between property and personhood must be bright and inviolable.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 08/09/2026
Can it be traded? Can it be valued? Can it be handed to someone else and still be what it is? Pass all three and it is taxable wealth. Fail any one and it is not. Your house passes. Your skills do not.
Can it be traded? Can it be valued? Can it be handed to someone else and still be what it is? Pass all three and it is taxable wealth. Fail any one and it is not. Your house passes. Your skills do not.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 06/09/2026
The Last Tax, Chapter 4 Part 2: the tax code as hidden welfare, a Pentagon that cannot pass an audit, and why bolting on a wealth tax fails. New video below. Get the book: thelasttax.com/buy
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Why Reforms Wont Work (Part 2) | The Last Tax Ch. 4
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 03/09/2026
The Navy lost a warehouse. $126 million in aircraft parts, still sitting there, just gone from the records. This is not a theft scandal. It is a data scandal: 208 systems in the Pentagon that cannot agree on where a dollar went. The fix is one ledger.
The Navy lost a warehouse. $126 million in aircraft parts, still sitting there, just gone from the records. This is not a theft scandal. It is a data scandal: 208 systems in the Pentagon that cannot agree on where a dollar went. The fix is one ledger.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 01/09/2026
The Wealth Test decides what is wealth. The Duty of Control decides who pays. The Public Ledger makes it enforceable. One formula sits on top of the three.
The Wealth Test decides what is wealth. The Duty of Control decides who pays. The Public Ledger makes it enforceable. One formula sits on top of the three.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 30/08/2026
Chapter 4 of The Last Tax: why reforms will not work. Bezos grew his wealth 99 billion dollars and paid about one percent. Raising rates multiplies by zero. Part 1 below. Book: thelasttax.com/buy
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Why Reforms Wont Work (Part 1) | The Last Tax Ch. 4
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 27/08/2026
The division is not between Democrats and Republicans but between those who play by the rules and those who write them.
The division is not between Democrats and Republicans but between those who play by the rules and those who write them.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 25/08/2026
Tax what a person controls, not what a person earns. That one change forces three questions: what counts as wealth, who bears the duty to pay, and how any of it gets enforced.
Tax what a person controls, not what a person earns. That one change forces three questions: what counts as wealth, who bears the duty to pay, and how any of it gets enforced.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 23/08/2026
The full Chapter 3 of The Last Tax is up: how invisible wealth revives a feudal order, and why every republic that tolerated oligarchy eventually fell. Watch below. Read the book: thelasttax.com/buy
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The Return of Feudalism (Full Chapter) | The Last Tax Ch. 3
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 20/08/2026
A $50 billion endowment earns 7-10% a year, barely taxed, and tuition goes up anyway. A wealth tax would still leave the fund ahead every single year. It would just make hoarding costly.
A $50 billion endowment earns 7-10% a year, barely taxed, and tuition goes up anyway. A wealth tax would still leave the fund ahead every single year. It would just make hoarding costly.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 18/08/2026
Every proposed fix still waits for a taxable event. Raise the rate and the event still never happens. Close one loophole and the structure moves to the next. A tax that waits for a sale will always lose to someone who never has to sell.
Every proposed fix still waits for a taxable event. Raise the rate and the event still never happens. Close one loophole and the structure moves to the next. A tax that waits for a sale will always lose to someone who never has to sell.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 16/08/2026
The Last Tax, Chapter 3 Part 2: feudalism in modern dress, from Deepwater Horizon to Wells Fargo, and the stakes for a republic that tolerates oligarchy. New video below. Book: thelasttax.com/buy
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The Return of Feudalism (Part 2) | The Last Tax Ch. 3
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 13/08/2026
I have. Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century is great, lots of wisdom in there about how and why wealth concentrates the way it does. Would recommend 💯
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 13/08/2026
You cannot tell banks your property is worth $100 million while telling the IRS it's worth $30 million. A public ledger shows one number. Which one would they pick?
You cannot tell banks your property is worth $100 million while telling the IRS it's worth $30 million. A public ledger shows one number. Which one would they pick?
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 11/08/2026
The current payroll tax is the most regressive federal tax. Someone earning $50,000 pays a higher effective payroll rate than someone earning $500,000. Someone living on investment income pays nothing.
The current payroll tax is the most regressive federal tax. Someone earning $50,000 pays a higher effective payroll rate than someone earning $500,000. Someone living on investment income pays nothing.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 09/08/2026
Chapter 3 of The Last Tax: the return of feudalism. How concentrated, invisible wealth revives an old order inside a modern republic. Part 1 is live. Watch below. Get the book: thelasttax.com/buy
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The Return of Feudalism (Part 1) | The Last Tax Ch. 3
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 06/08/2026
Say a fund is run by code and nobody controls it. Fine. Then it sits on the ledger with no registered controller, open to claim by anyone who can demonstrate control and take on the duty. Watch how fast an owner appears.
Say a fund is run by code and nobody controls it. Fine. Then it sits on the ledger with no registered controller, open to claim by anyone who can demonstrate control and take on the duty. Watch how fast an owner appears.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 04/08/2026
The strategy has three steps. Buy assets and never sell them, so there is no taxable gain. Borrow against them, because a loan is not income. Die, and the basis resets, erasing the gain entirely. No step is illegal.
The strategy has three steps. Buy assets and never sell them, so there is no taxable gain. Borrow against them, because a loan is not income. Die, and the basis resets, erasing the gain entirely. No step is illegal.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 02/08/2026
The full Chapter 2 of The Last Tax is up: two centuries of American tax history, and why every reform ends the same way. Watch below. Read the book: thelasttax.com/buy
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How We Got Here: A History of American Taxation (Full Chapter) | The Last Tax Ch. 2
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 30/07/2026
A billionaire's lawyers will tell you his superyacht is "personal use," not taxable wealth. His art collection is "priceless," meaning unvaluable. His charitable trust "belongs to the foundation," not to him.
A billionaire's lawyers will tell you his superyacht is "personal use," not taxable wealth. His art collection is "priceless," meaning unvaluable. His charitable trust "belongs to the foundation," not to him.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 28/07/2026
A teacher earning $58,000 pays about 24% of her income in federal taxes. A billionaire controlling $8.3 billion pays an effective rate of 0.3% on his wealth. That is not a loophole. It is what happens when a system taxes what you earn instead of what you control.
A teacher earning $58,000 pays about 24% of her income in federal taxes. A billionaire controlling $8.3 billion pays an effective rate of 0.3% on his wealth. That is not a loophole. It is what happens when a system taxes what you earn instead of what you control.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 26/07/2026
The Last Tax, Chapter 2 Part 2: how a one-percent tax on the very rich became a tax on work. Withholding, buy-borrow-die, and the disappearing tax bill of the wealthy. New video below. Book: thelasttax.com/buy
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How We Got Here: A History of American Taxation (Part 2) | The Last Tax Ch. 2
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 23/07/2026
thelasttax.com/buy Honestly whichever best fits your budget. Thank you 😁
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Buy the Book: Hardcover, Paperback, Ebook
Buy The Last Tax by Dan Shaffer in hardcover, paperback, or ebook from Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, or Barnes & Noble, or order it at your local bookstore by ISBN.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 23/07/2026
"You cannot value private assets" is a major objection to taxing wealth. Banks value those same assets every single day and lend real money against them. If it is good enough for collateral, it is good enough for a tax bill.
"You cannot value private assets" is a major objection to taxing wealth. Banks value those same assets every single day and lend real money against them. If it is good enough for collateral, it is good enough for a tax bill.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 19/07/2026
Chapter 2 of The Last Tax is live. How did a nation born in a tax revolt build the most complex tax code on earth? Part 1: from the tariffs of 1789 to the Sixteenth Amendment. Watch below. Get the book: thelasttax.com/buy
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How We Got Here: A History of American Taxation (Part 1) | The Last Tax Ch. 2
The Last Tax, a chapter of the series.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 14/07/2026
Chapter 1 of The Last Tax is live: what if the entire federal tax code fit on a cocktail napkin? One tax, one rate, one public ledger. Watch the full read below. Get the book: thelasttax.com/buy
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Chapter 1: Introduction | The Last Tax
The full Chapter 1 read.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 04/07/2026
The Last Tax is out now! Your federal tax equals your share of national wealth, times federal spending. Happy Independence Day! thelasttax.com
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The Last Tax
A proportional wealth tax, recorded on a public ledger, that could replace every federal tax. A book by Dan Shaffer, available now in hardcover, paperback, and ebook.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 21/04/2026
What if wealth answered to society, instead of society answering to wealth? My book, The Last Tax, coming this year. Waitlist 👉 thelasttax.com
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The Last Tax
A proportional wealth tax, recorded on a public ledger, that could replace every federal tax. A forthcoming book by Dan Shaffer in 2026.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 29/03/2026
I'm with @iammrbeat.bsky.social ! Uncap the House! 🙌 🚫👑
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 18/12/2025
You are still a serf. antifeudalamerica.com
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Anti-Feudal America : You’re Still a Serf (Let’s Fix That)
Billionaires aren’t “job creators.” They’re rent collectors with better PR. AFA is a blueprint for tying power to accountable people, section by section.
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 24/11/2025
"Give my regards to King Tut, Charlie Brown"
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 14/06/2025
🚫👑 #NoKings
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 03/05/2025
#ResistanceHomework - Calculate your real tax rate. Compare your federal taxes to billionaires. Share it with friends. The math will radicalize you. #AFA
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 02/05/2025
#ResistanceHomework - Find out who owns your city. Look up the biggest landlords and developers in your area. Know their names. Know if they are local. Know who's pulling the strings on your community. #AFA
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 01/05/2025
#ResistanceHomework - Read Radical History. The past is full of people who fought feudalism, and won. Know their tactics. Discuss them with friends. #AFA
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 30/04/2025
#ResistanceHomework - Delete data harvesting apps. Your phone is filled with apps that are spying on you, collecting data about you, your connections, and your activities. Don't do their intelligence gathering for them. Purge unnecessary apps. #AFA
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 29/04/2025
#ResistanceHomework - Audit your subscriptions. Corporations trick you into micro-payments. Find a subscription you don't need or don't use. Cut one today and take your power back. #AFA
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4D4 - Anti Feudal America @antifeudalamerica.com · 28/04/2025
#ResistanceHomework - Travel without GPS navigation. GPS can fail or can be taken away to cripple a society that fights back. A sense of direction can never be taken away, but you must first take the time to develop it. #AFA
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