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Four years ago

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In the last year of Trump's first term

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He threatened to ban TikTok

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At that time

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There were no TikTok refugees flooding into Rednote

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Chinese people wanting to understand the real thoughts of Americans

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Could only rely on another way

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To satisfy their curiosity

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-Hello, I'm Jerry Kowal

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-I am from

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-New York, USA...

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-I'm an influencer

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Jerry became the most famous foreigner in China

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He made countless street interview videos

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Including

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How Americans feel about Trump wanting to ban TikTok

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Four years later

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Trump, who once wanted to ban TikTok, has now transformed

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Into the great hero who saved TikTok

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Meanwhile, the last update on Jerry’s page

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Is still stuck in 2022

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Since the TikTok refugees settled into Rednote

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Chinese netizens no longer needed Jerry

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To ask Americans questions on their behalf

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But after the intense "Great Reconciliation Movement"

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Many Chinese netizens remembered Jerry

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And started to sigh:

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It turns out Jerry was right all along!

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Americans really don’t have savings

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They can't afford to go to doctor's office

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Their live is harder than ours!

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China is truly amazing!

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Hey y'all! Lele Farley here

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We all witnessed

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The brief honeymoon period between Chinese and American netizens on Rednote

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At first, Chinese people warmly welcomed American refugees

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Then, American refugees provided Chinese people

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With emotional value through national pride

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This is so called the "Great Reconciliation Movement"

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Now, TikTok is back

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A large number of Americans quickly packed up and

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Returned to their comfortable old homes

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Now, we have finally entered

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The next phase of this drama

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That is, the Chinese who gained plenty of dopamine

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And satisfaction during

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the "Great Reconciliation Movement"

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Will now have to face how

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The excitement fades after everyone has left

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After all, three years ago

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Spokesperson Zhao Lijian of the Foreign Ministry said:

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-China is free to come and go

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This referred to those TikTok refugees

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And certainly not to Chinese people themselves

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So, among the foreigners who chose to stay

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Could anyone pick up the baton

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That Jerry once left behind?

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And continue to fuel nationalism with dopamine for the Chinese?

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No matter who you support

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This entire drama around the TikTok ban

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Trump is definitely the biggest winner in all of this

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After TikTok was banned on the 18th

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It was quickly unbanned after 12 hours

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And the platform showed each user’s

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TikTok interface:

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"As a result of President Trump's efforts"

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This is definitely the best personal brand marketing

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I’ve seen in my life

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This move directly won Trump

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The affection of many young voters

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And made him seen as "the savior of TikTok"

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Friends who’ve followed me for a long time should know

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My views on TikTok

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If you're new here

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You can click this link to learn more

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I have to admit

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I’ve always had some...

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Very negative stereotypes about TikTok users

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And the "Great Reconciliation Movement" on Rednote

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Has opened my eyes to the ignorance and stupidity

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Of these TikTokers

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And thoroughly confirmed for me

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That leads us back to our topic today

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Let's first study the types of people

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among the TikTok refugees.

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First, there are the ordinary TikTok users who follow the trend.

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No matter how they package this internet trend

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as a form of rebellion

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against authority and government,

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what they truly care about

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is finding a substitute for their spiritual addiction.

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For this type of user,

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Rednote is just a temporary substitute.

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Once TikTok is unbanned,

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they will immediately return to it.

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This is the case for most

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TikTok refugees who moved to Rednote

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Another type of TikTok refugee

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are influencers who

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were already quite influential on TikTok.

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They are worried about their influencer careers,

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which may be interrupted by the TikTok ban.

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So they come to establish a presence here just in case.

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After all, for them,

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a platform with resources is where they thrive.

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Once TikTok returns,

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they will go back to the platform t

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hey rely on to continue their career.

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This means the remaining TikTok refugees

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on Rednote are the following two types.

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The first type is wannabe influencers

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who once tasted a bit of fame on TikTok.

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After experiencing the pleasure brought by traffic,

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when they come to Rednote

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they find that they don't need outstanding skills

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or looks,

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with zero effort.

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they can easily gain

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the most traffic and likes of their lives

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This instant gratification boosts their desire

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to become famous

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Even if they can return to TikTok now,

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they are unwilling

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to leave Rednote so quickly.

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They still want to keep dreaming

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of becoming influencers and making money here.

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Only when they gradually realize

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that it's almost impossible to make money on this app,

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and that dopamine

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from likes and views fades,

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if they no longer have money as a driving force,

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they will eventually leave Rednote

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Finally, after layers of selection,

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the ones who remain are the potential shills

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-Helle, Rednote

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-I've made over 200 vdieos

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-comparing American and Chinese culture...

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To become the Jerry Kowal in the hearts of the people means

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you not only need to study Chinese for at least two years

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but also

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you have to be proficient in various G-spot issues of the Chinese people.

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For example, looting

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gun violence

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unaffordable medical care, etc.

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Jerry himself went to the streets of Detroit

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to show the American decline.

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So, his successor

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could perhaps go to Skid Row in Los Angeles,

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the homeless camp,

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to show the dangers and decay of America.

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The Great Reconciliation Movement

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is a New Year's gift from Americans to Chinese.

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But the pleasure it brings

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will soon pass.

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Before long,

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as the Chinese people's spirit

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is once again crushed by 996, 007,

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and the increasingly declining Chinese economy,

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they will need more of this China-US comparison...

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To relieve the suffering of real life.

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it feels a bit like Trump

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The biggest winner

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actually, besides Trump,

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is the Chinese government sitting back and profiting.

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They not only preserved TikTok’s algorithm

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and its continuing influence

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in American society,

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but also in this wave of TikTok refugees

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fleeing to Rednote

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they have gained countless unexpected publicity.

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And the losers are all of us.

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The vast Chinese netizens,

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although they got a brief nationalist thrill,

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but in the midst of information disparity and prejudice,

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they’ve fallen deeper.

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Most Americans,

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especially TikTok users,

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they also only care about easily accessible pleasure.

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They won’t unite to protest about

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America’s corrupt healthcare system

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or big banks buying up houses, etc.

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They just know to exercise their rights

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to satisfy their addiction to TikTok

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this spiritual drug.

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This reminds me of

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a scene I once saw in Beijing when I was in school.

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On the bus,

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outside the window was a sky covered with smog,

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and every person inside the bus

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was eagerly staring at their phone screens.

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That was the year 2016

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when Douyin (Chinese TikTok) became popular

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No one cared about the scene outside the window.

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No one thought about the smog in front of them.

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Everyone chose to swipe through one short video after another

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to escape the problems of real life.

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My American fellow citizens also the same,

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they don’t care which direction our country is heading...

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So, it can’t just be me wondering

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where is our Jerry Kowal of the American people!

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-Amazing, America!