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It should come as no surprise that Western Civilization is dying.\u00a0\u00a0 How much of a problem that is for people depends largely on the people.\u00a0 It is not something that just started in those rascally Sixties.\u00a0 Some argue it began almost at the same time as the West\u2019s ascension.\u00a0 In any event, John C. Wright […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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