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ยซNo oneโ€™s ideological priors were confirmed in the course of events [๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š "๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ"], and everyone was forced to realize that the world worked in a very different way from what we had been told.ยป

โ€”"A Republic, if you can keep it."

Now that the illusions that men can birth babies has crumbled, the extend of the damage can start to be assessed (#'s are order of magnitude) from my top 5:

1. >50% of adults are illiterate (can only read sports page) & are innumerate (they can't figure out that 3% in 30 years doubles the price, but 18% only 4 years [rule of 72])

2. >50% of US is obese

3. >70% 18 y.o.'s unfit for military

4. Americans lost 2 years in predicted lifespan over the last 4 years

5. The average American spends only 1 healthy birthday after age 65

This is not something reversible in a year or two!

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