I don't think you'll hear me say we're completely free in all times and all places of the temptations of empire -- but we have a fundamental understanding that colonies and tributary, puppet regimes aren't the way to go, precisely because they will distort free trade. We've had this from our beginnings, and we'll hew to it. I've never seen a simon-pure anything, ever, anywhere where politics exist.
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Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.
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