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america loses wars

america loses wars
but never suffers...
like the south that was never punished; instead claiming grand heritage, the origin story of america. Southern counterfeit heroes, naming bases, building statues to traitors 3 generations after defeat.'

herd is eugenics
Birth of a Notion
privatization fails
growth
is a capitalist herd protection
emotion: into the zone
body up; buddy up

herd words
group immunity
group resistance
group resilience.

...
what were we in december 2020
low numbers to a contagion. it spread because it was stronger than anyone of us... it still is.

now, anxious experts advice that at 50 or 60 percent we are 'herd immune'
how does this criss cross statistic crostic work

0 to 50 it is spreading
but a year later, at 50 it isn't spreading...