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Most countries are static, all they need to do is keep having babies. But America's like this big old clanking smoking machine that just lumbers across the landscape scooping up and eating everything in sight.
Most countries are static, all they need to do is keep having babies. But America's like this big old clanking smoking machine that just lumbers across the landscape scooping up and eating everything in sight.
Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern
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- Neal Stephenson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern
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