Episode 467

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15th Aug 2025

THE END OF ROME: UNDERSTANDING AMERICA’S DECLINE: WHICH IS MUCH LIKE ROME’S. EARNEST MANN’S 467 - ADVANCED PERCEPTION EP.24

America Is the New Rome: Unmasking the Collapse of an Empire

Hello, Earnest Mann here. In this episode, I explore a powerful comparison: ancient Rome and modern-day America. Inspired by those twin fasces beneath Lincoln’s arms and the Romanesque pillars of the White House, I lay out why America is obsessed with Rome, not just in architecture or ideology, but in arrogance, military dominance, and inevitable socioeconomic collapse.

The Roman Blueprint: Military Power, Arrogance, and Social Decline

Just like Rome destroyed Carthage without mercy, America dominates the world stage today with unmatched military strength. But what hasn't changed in over 2300 years? The arrogance of perceived superiority. I explain how both Rome and America suffer from the same fatal flaw — the belief that their dominance is eternal while ignoring the cracks in their foundation.


Collapse Isn’t Sudden — It’s Slow and Obvious

This isn’t about predicting the future. The collapse is already happening. I walk you through how people missed early warning signs in Rome, just like they missed the signs when we couldn’t even buy toilet paper during COVID. From supply chain breakdowns to the indifference of the elite, we are watching the slow unraveling of a society, and far too many are still asleep at the wheel.


Advanced Perception: Why You’re Not Supposed to See This

The biggest issue? We’re raised not to see the truth. Just like Hitler Youth believed what they were taught, Americans have been conditioned to believe lies about their values, society, and future. I explain why advanced perception, the ability to see through indoctrination, is the only way to truly understand what's going wrong in America.


Oligarchs, Ignorance, and the Coming Reckoning

Our so-called leaders won’t admit the truth. Oligarchs see America as the new Rome but refuse to acknowledge history. When collapse comes, they’ll run — unless the people refuse to let them escape the consequences they created. I close this episode with a warning and a reminder that change starts with seeing things for what they really are.

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It may surprise you to know that much of

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America, its governmental structure and

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even architecture, the White House

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columns and the twin fascus, the bound

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bundle of rods with an axe in the center

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under each arm of Abraham Lincoln at the

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Lincoln Memorial to name just two, was

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modeled on ancient Rome. America has

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always been fixated on Rome and has been

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so ever since America was founded. Hello

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folks, my name is Ernest. Welcome.

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America es Novio Roma or in English,

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America is the new Rome. So what if

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anything at all does ancient Rome and

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contemporary American society have to do

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with advanced perception?

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The answer to that question will be

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answered shortly.

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Americans really like Rome. Well, at

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least ancient Rome. And at the height of

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the Roman Empire when Rome not only

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conquered Carthage but eventually after

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several Punic wars completely, totally

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and in every manner utterly destroyed

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Carthage to the point that there would

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be absolutely no future record of

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Carthage. And in that Rome absolutely

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succeeded as it intended to. To say that

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Rome hated Carthage would be an epic

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understatement.

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So while all of that absolute

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destruction was taking place against

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Carthage, generally speaking, Romans

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liked it. Because after all, when you're

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whooping ass and taking names against a

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pronounced enemy, who in the hell

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doesn't want to feel good and unified

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with a winning team? And America

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currently is militarily the de facto

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winning team because America's combined

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military strength is greater than all of

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the developed nations militaries

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combined

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and by a wide margin.

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But in spite of the huge difference

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between over:

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it is the ideas. It is the unbounded

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arrogance that hasn't changed. So think

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of this. After all those many centuries,

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yes, technology has absolutely changed.

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But the core arrogance of social

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superiority has not. And that is the

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reason why America is in the current

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dysfunctional state that it is.

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If any of this seems a mystery, I assure

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you it's not. Because what is going on

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pure and simple, just like Rome all

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those many centuries ago is a very slow

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form of social collapse and eventual

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genocide. Can anyone out there remember

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it was just a few years ago when because

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of CO supposedly you couldn't get any

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toilet paper? I do. I'm just

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trying to point out that then just as

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now apparently Americans can't seem to

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talk about or worry about any potential

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future problems until suddenly they

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can't wipe their ass. I can tell you

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with absolute assurance that the people

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that are currently on the receiving end

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of this social and economic breakdown

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understand what I'm saying and are very

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aware of the situation,

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but they are also deeply dumbfounded

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as to how so many people are completely

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oblivious to the social and economic

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nightmare that should be obvious at our

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gate. eight. So, I'm going to tell you

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right here and now what is the real

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reason behind what the hell is going on.

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But there is also something else you

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need to know. As far as objective

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reality is concerned, we to one extent

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or another are blameable for the

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terribleness that is currently taking

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place in America today.

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Now to answer the question I spoke of

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earlier but just ask this one question

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to yourself first. Did you know or had

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you even ever considered anything that I

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have discussed so far? Because if you

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hadn't these are the kinds of questions

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and reasoning abilities you get from

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developing an advanced perception.

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That should answer your question. So

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with that in mind, let's consider this.

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Your life, assuming you're an honest

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person, should be a direct reflection of

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your values. But when we come to the

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question of values, the question that

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needs to be asked is not just the

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validity of those values, but where the

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hell did we get them from in the first

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place?

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In other words, one needs to examine if

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those internal values are actually

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dysfunctional

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because many dysfunctional values have

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been taught to us as though they were

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completely normal

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from our youth all the way through

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college.

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Consider this.

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There is an extremely advanced time

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travel machine and the timetraveling you

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who appears to be around 18 years old

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and can speak any language fluently

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talked to an enthusiastic member of the

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Hitler youth about to finish high school

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in:

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You would be absolutely shocked how they

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would talk about Jews that with complete

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genuiness Jews would be considered as

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subhuman and they would be completely

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surprised how or why you don't know or

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could not understand that.

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I would advise in such a situation that

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before they got suspicious that you

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weren't one of them, you get your ass

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back in that time machine and get the

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hell out of there.

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What I'm saying is that to a certain

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extent we are all subjects of our

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environment and it's vitally important

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that we have the good sense and clarity

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to understand that simple fact. But what

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I was trying to illustrate concerning

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the Hitler youth is that when you are

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raised in a system that does not

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encourage objective truth, all you know

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is what you know. And that is the

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problem. So I'm trying to say that

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America as a whole is as incredibly

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arrogant and non-objective as Rome was

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some:

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And despite their countless legions,

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military technology, superior tactics,

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and/or strategy, in the end, it couldn't

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save them. And it didn't for many

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reasons. Two of the primary being

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arrogance and corruption. And that's

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where America, the new Rome, that hasn't

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been around for 23 centuries, but less

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than three, is today.

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So, if I were a doctor for a

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civilization, I'd sew the prognosis

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doesn't look good.

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Yet, if it were honestly admitted by not

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only prominent politicians, but their

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absolute owners, the oligarchs, are

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clearly arrogant and view America as the

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new Rome, yet absolutely refusing to

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acknowledge the history or reality that

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the new realm of America is completely

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unsustainable

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and the fate that is going to befall all

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of us who The oligarchs don't give a

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damn about when the barbarians come

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crashing through the gate. If I could

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The uber rich, they don't have any

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worries because when the proverbial

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hits the fan, the which they

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created,

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they're going to do what historically

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any and all criminals do, just like the

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Nazis who fled to South America. They're

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going to get on their little jets and

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their private properties and get the

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hell out of Dodge just as they always

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have.

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Except

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that's really hard to do when you have

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no fuel because all the people that you

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employ on your massive estate will not

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put any fuel in your plane because they

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despise you. And not only that, they

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won't even let you get to your plane

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because just like some of the justice

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that was dished out at the end of World

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War II in:

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they're going to give you what you

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deserve, the Mussolini treatment. And if

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you don't know what that is, I strongly

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suggest you look up what happened to

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o Mussolini, aka El Duche, in:

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Well,

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that's all I've got for today. I hope

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you found this helpful or interesting.

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And if you have any questions at all,

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you can reach out to me via my website

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link in the description below.

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And if you really want to give me a

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compliment, telling a friend about the

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show would be the best compliment you

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could ever give me. Until next time,

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this is Ernest, and I usually always am.

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