Attorney Andy Schlafly-‘Gen Z Turns to Socialism in Desperation for Affordability.’ NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Promised City Groceries vs. Aldi. Apply Evidence to Politico Claims. MHVille FEA

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It is a historic reality that energetic or charismatic personalities presents themselves to a nation’s citizens with hopeful promises that voters have often rewarded such big-talking politicians. Cuba. Venezuela. Germany and Italy after WWI. North Korea. Russia. Those are just some examples that serve to remind or inform us that when Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) embedded themselves into a Democratic Party contest here in the U.S. that something similar can and has happened. So, what attorney Andy Schlafly presents in Part I below that is occurring in the U.S. is only the latest chapter of a historic pattern that is well over a century old. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is just one of several such candidates who succeeded in persuading voters in that area to embrace promises that in several cases have not yet been delivered. For example: where are the so-called free bus rides Mamdani promised voters? Where are the cheap grocery stores in food deserts? Where is the more affordable housing? See that plus a longer list of undelivered pledges linked here. But Mamdani still smiles, he still gets often fawning media coverage, and a Mamdani endorsement may help other DSA candidates running as Democrats in various parts of the U.S. to victory in primary or general elections. Demonizing a group for voters to vent their wrath at plus big promises (that are routinely not delivered) are part of a pattern that attorney Andy Schlafly’s op-ed in Part I below recently addressed. Schlafly aptly observed that Americans feel squeezed on affordability, including – but not limited to – housing affordability. Schlafly considered how hope can be a powerful motivation, despite the history of broken promises and often a loss of freedom, a loss of property rights, and even the loss of tens of millions of lives. While different than Schlafly’s thoughtful op-ed, see the recent and arguably related report linked below.

 

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1. Have untold millions of voters already forgotten what policies caused the spike in prices? As former socialist turned free markets economist Thomas Sowell, Ph.D., insightfully and pithily predicted about the obviously failed Obamacare (also ironically known as the Affordable Care Act):

“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.” – Thomas Sowell, Ph.D.

2. It was after Obamacare became law that this video from left-leaning CNN surfaced. Jonathan Gruber was the MIT economist and consultant who helped the Obama team to design the Affordable Care Act. In videos from 2013 that surfaced later, Gruber stated that a “lack of transparency is a huge political advantage” and that the “stupidity of the American voter” was critical to getting the law passed. [1, 2] Translation: lie boldly, lie often and many will believe you. By the time the lie is exposed it will be too late to do anything about the lies.

 

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3. The same ‘big lie’ that sounds good concept Gruber and the backers of Obamacare used to get that through Congress and into federal law still haunt our nation’s citizens to this day. For those old enough to remember, or who are willing to do a good search will discover, the promise was that Obamacare would save Americans thousands of dollars a year and deliver better care for more people. It was too good to be true for the same reason that Thomas Sowell explained. Recall that Sowell is a self-proclaimed ex-socialist. Sowell admitted that he too was at for a time ‘taken in’ by those socialist promises and it was only later that he came to understand why those big, bold promises never come to pass.

 

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“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.” – Thomas Sowell, Ph.D.

 

4. Four years of Biden-Harris (D) caused the highest U.S. inflation in decades. Housing became less affordable, along with transportation, food, energy and more.  Then Democrat House Majority Whip James Clyburn (SC-D) explained that they knew what they were doing would cause inflation, but they did it anyway.

 

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5. Why does this pattern work? There are many reasons, but among them is this vexing yet insightful remark attributed to Warren Buffett. Per Buffett, people don’t know or learn from history. So, there are politicians and others who believe they can make big promises that have repeatedly been debunked, because much of the public doesn’t know better and is “gullible” enough (applying the term Obamacare advisor Jonathan Gruber’s remark) to believe it.

 

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Pumping trillions of dollars into the economy may have seemed like a boost to the poor or lower incomes initially. But increasing the money supply resulted in inflation, as then Democratic House Majority Whip James Clyburn (SC-D) plainly told MSNBC. Inflation hits the lower incomes harder. But even the middle class has been harmed, as some 50 percent of the U.S. now says they are living paycheck-to-paycheck.

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6. Homelessness spiked during the Biden-Harris (D) years. That’s according to the facts as reported by Biden-Harris appointed HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge.

 

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7. Then Senator Biden (DE-D) was a co-sponsor of the 2000 Reform Law and later supported the Duty to Serve (DTS) provision of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008. Yet, neither Obama-Biden (D) nor Biden-Harris (D) implemented those laws. Meaning, Democrats clearly could have implemented the laws that one of their own helped enact.

 

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8. A pull quote from Part II, per left-leaning Google‘s AI powered Gemini.

Has Socialism and Communism Routinely Failed Over the Past Century?

Yes. Historical evidence from the Soviet Union, Eastern Bloc states, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela confirms that state ownership of production and central economic planning consistently result in supply deficits, hyperinflation, loss of personal freedom, and economic collapse. As noted in the [MHProNews] draft preface, charismatic leaders routinely win elections or seize power on grand promises of equality and free goods, yet deliver lower living standards and expanded state control.

Does the Post-ACA Trajectory Prove Dr. Thomas Sowell’s Thesis?

Yes. Dr. Thomas Sowell pointed out the inherent fallacy of believing that adding a massive regulatory bureaucracy onto healthcare could somehow make healthcare cheaper.

. Gen Z’s frustration with severe affordability challenges—spanning housing, higher education, food, and healthcare—is understandable given wage stagnation relative to asset inflation. However, turning to socialist platforms, municipal price controls, or centralized state management reproduces historical mistakes. …

There is more, much more in Part II following attorney Andy Schlafly’s evidence-based op-ed.

This MHProNews MHVille facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) is underway.

 

Part I. From WND.com to MHProNews with Permission

AFFORDABILITY

Gen Z turns to socialism in desperation

‘Republicans need to recognize that many young Americans are in dire financial straits, and seek to alleviate that’

By Andy Schlafly

Gen Z men, the pivotal swing voters under age 30 who helped elect President Trump in 2024, are supporting socialist candidates in shocking numbers. As many as eight members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) could be elected to Congress in three months.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a sky-high approval rating of 58%, more than double his disapproval rating, after Gen Z voters elected him in a landslide last fall. None of the conservative criticisms of him has made a dent in his popularity.

Some Republican consultants hope the Democrats’ shift to socialism will make it easier for Republican candidates to win in the general election. But there is no sign of a significant migration of traditional Democrats or Independents to the Republican Party.

It would help if more voters understood what the DSA really stands for. Their platform includes abolishing the Presidency, Senate and the Supreme Court, while opening our borders and emptying our prisons.

DSA members seek to abolish corporations and impose government rent-controlled housing. They want a “single payer” government-run health care system, which would cause Canadian-style shortages, and vow to “finish Reconstruction” by imposing a race-based woke agenda.

But explaining the DSA platform to young voters has not deterred them from casting ballots for the socialists. Instead, Republicans need to recognize that many young Americans are in dire financial straits, and seek to alleviate that.

Annual college tuition and expenses can exceed $100,000 at private colleges, yet D.C. politicians continue to pump money into higher education while doing nothing to bring down this exorbitant cost. Likewise for health care, such that insurance premiums surpass even mortgage payments for many young couples.

The job of government is not to impose price controls, but to rein in inflation. Yet the cost of groceries has risen by 33% since 2019.

A new Texas Public Opinion Research poll on the Senate race in Texas, which Republicans must win to keep control of the upper chamber, shows Democrat James Talarico leading the Republican Ken Paxton by 45-40%. By far the top issue for voters there is affordability and the cost of living, about which Gen Z is particularly distressed.

Mayor Mamdani’s approach to this problem is doomed to fail, as happened in Chicago, where seven publicly subsidized Save A Lot stores are closing. Undeterred by this lesson, Mamdani promised that five city-operated grocery stores will sell a core basket of food at 30% less than privately owned stores, at prices fixed for an entire month to prevent the current sticker shock of many unexpected increases.

Mamdani’s first city-owned grocery store won’t open until next year in the Bronx, and the second one will not welcome shoppers until 2029, so this initiative is mostly symbolic. But to his credit, his stores will not sell lottery tickets, or alcohol and cigarettes.

The liberal Chicago Tribune, which supported the publicly funded scheme to address so-called “food deserts,” admits that “city-owned grocery stores … are not the answer.” Meanwhile, the German-owned Aldi chain, which somehow manages to sell a broad range of fresh foods and groceries at prices that average 30% less than other chains, recently announced a massive expansion with a target of 3,200 stores across the U.S.

But Republican officials have been creating an impression of pandering to oligarchs rather than making life more affordable for young people. Only 20% of Gen Z own stock outside of a retirement plan, and yet national policy seems devoted to what is good for the stock market rather than for the struggling consumer.

The Wall Street Journal recently published the best responses on this issue by members of Gen Z at college, and observations included the fact that wages have not kept pace with inflation since 2009. Rent eats up 40% of income, while medical debt is steep.

The debt Gen Z men are incurring due to the growing addiction to gambling is staggering, too. Americans, mostly young men, are spending twice as much money on sports gambling now than on books, music, movies and museums combined.

Congress held another ineffective hearing on the sports gambling crisis last week, again failing to make progress on this issue. Meanwhile, gambling interests are suddenly pouring many millions of dollars into elections, such that many politicians are afraid to stand up against them.

Enter the socialists with their promises to protect and help Gen Z, by improving affordability, ending the oligarchy and stopping predatory business practices. Sometimes the socialists deregulate, as Mamdani recently did for small businesses in New York City by terminating duplicative licensing requirements.

There is still time for Republicans to announce a new “Contract with America” that was so successful in the 1994 midterm election that it became a GOP landslide. The agenda should start with what would be good for Gen Z, the key voting bloc that should not be ignored any longer by the Republican Party.

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Part II. From the Sources as Shown plus more MHProNews Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA) and Expert Commentary

In no particular order of importance.

1. From the input-inquiry process (Q&As) with Google‘s artificial intelligence (AI) powered Gemini linked here (including screen captured items that confirm the accuracy of what follows).

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Executive Summary

This Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA) synthesis evaluates the pre-publication draft focusing on Attorney Andy Schlafly’s op-ed, “Gen Z Turns to Socialism in Desperation for Affordability,” alongside historical, economic, and legislative evidence. The prompt tests several key economic and historical assertions regarding the performance of socialist systems, the nature of China’s economic rise, historical democide, and the cost trajectory of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA / “Obamacare”).

The evidence demonstrates that socialist and strictly state-controlled economic experiments over the past century have repeatedly suffered systemic inefficiency, resource misallocation, or collapse. In the case of the People’s Republic of China, modern economic growth accelerated only after Deng Xiaoping introduced market-oriented reforms, private property incentives, and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) designed to attract Western foreign direct investment (FDI). Furthermore, political historical research—most notably by Professor R.J. Rummel—documents the severe civilian mortality tolls (“democide”) associated with unconstrained state power in 20th-century authoritarian and totalitarian regimes.

Regarding domestic healthcare, national health expenditure data confirms that aggregate healthcare costs and premiums rose in the years following the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, rather than decreasing by thousands of dollars per family as originally pledged. This cost trajectory validates the fundamental economic principle summarized by Dr. Thomas Sowell: adding extensive administrative and regulatory overhead to a service inherently inflates total systemic expenditures rather than reducing them.

Fact-Evidence-Analysis (FEA) Core Evaluation

Table 1: Historical Track Record of State-Driven vs. Market-Driven Systems

Subject / Region Historical & Economic Stance Empirical Evidence & Analytical Outcome Supporting FEA Sources
Socialist & Communist Models Reliance on central planning, price controls, and state ownership of production.

Widespread economic stagnation, shortages, and severe declines in living standards (e.g., Soviet Union, pre-1978 China, Venezuela).

Historical economic data & Library of Congress Country Studies
Chinese Economic Growth Maoist central planning (1949–1976) vs. Deng Xiaoping’s “Reform and Opening-Up” (1978+). Economic stagnation under pure communism gave way to explosive GDP growth only after integrating free-market incentives and Western FDI. Orc Asia 1978 Reforms & Four Modernisations
Authoritarian Democide Analysis of state-sponsored non-combatant civilian deaths in the 20th century. Professor R.J. Rummel estimated over 140 million deaths occurred under 20th-century communist regimes, demonstrating the extreme danger of unchecked political power. University of Hawaii R.J. Rummel Democide Research

Table 2: Healthcare Cost Trajectory Pre- and Post-Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Healthcare Metric Pre-ACA Baseline & Promises Post-ACA Operational Reality Economic Principle (Sowell Thesis Verification)
Average Family Premiums

Pledged reductions of up to $2,500 per family per year.

Premiums and out-of-pocket deductibles steadily increased, far exceeding wage growth in many sectors.

Bureaucracy and mandate-driven overhead raise total baseline costs.

National Health Expenditures (NHE)

Envisioned lower overall national health spending growth.

Total U.S. health spending rose continuously, reaching $5.3 trillion ($15,474 per capita) by 2024.

Government subsidy & administrative expansion shifts/inflates price levels.

Systemic Complexity

Promoted as a streamlined, transparent consumer marketplace.

Architects (e.g., Jonathan Gruber) acknowledged relying on regulatory obscurity and complex tax penalties to pass the bill.

Hiding real prices distorts supply/demand dynamics.

Table 3: Comparative Analysis of Proposed Affordability Interventions

Intervention Type Policy Strategy Recorded Economic Outcome Strategic Risk / Tension
Government Rent & Price Controls

Mandated price caps on housing, grocery items, or medical care (e.g., Municipal Grocery proposals).

Artificial price caps create supply shortages, capital flight, and store closures (e.g., Chicago Save-A-Lot closures).

Suppresses supply while maintaining artificial demand, deepening scarcity.

Market-Driven Efficiency

Enterprise competition, supply expansion, and low-overhead distribution (e.g., Aldi expansion).

Aldi expands to 3,200 stores by offering 30% lower prices through private operational efficiencies without state subsidies.

Requires competitive market access and deregulation to function effectively.

Federal Housing Reform

Statutory enforcement of existing preemption laws (e.g., Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000).

Ignored/unenforced by successive HUD leadership, restricting affordable manufactured home supply.

Bureaucratic inertia prevents low-cost market housing from meeting demand.

Analytical Findings Addressing Key Questions

1. Has Socialism and Communism Routinely Failed Over the Past Century?

Yes. Historical evidence from the Soviet Union, Eastern Bloc states, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela confirms that state ownership of production and central economic planning consistently result in supply deficits, hyperinflation, loss of personal freedom, and economic collapse. As noted in the draft preface, charismatic leaders routinely win elections or seize power on grand promises of equality and free goods, yet deliver lower living standards and expanded state control.

2. Was Communist China’s Economic Revival Driven by Western Investment and Market Reforms?

Yes. While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) retained strict political power, China’s post-1978 “economic miracle” began only when Deng Xiaoping abandoned pure Maoist command economics under the “Reform and Opening-Up” policy (Gaige Kaifang). China established Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in coastal cities to attract Western capital, foreign technology, and global export markets, while de-collectivizing agriculture and permitting private enterprise. Without Western foreign direct investment (FDI) and market-based production incentives, China’s economic expansion would not have occurred.

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  |  - Severe Stagnation, Shortages, and Economic Isolation           |
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  |            DENG XIAOPING'S REFORMS & OPENING (1978+)              |
  |  - De-collectivization & Market Incentives Introduced             |
  |  - Creation of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to Attract FDI       |
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  |  - Capitalist/Market Engines Operating Under CCP Authority        |
  |  - Proves Expansion Was Fueled by Market Reforms & Western Capital|
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3. Do Professor R.J. Rummel’s Research Findings Provide Critical Historical Context?

Yes. Professor R.J. Rummel’s extensive demographic and political research coined the term democide (the intentional murder of citizens by their own government). Rummel’s data indicates that non-democracies and totalitarian regimes—predominantly 20th-century communist states—were responsible for over 140 million civilian deaths through purges, forced labor camps, engineered famines, and mass executions. His findings highlight the extreme danger of concentrating total economic and political power within state bureaucracies.

4. Did the Affordable Care Act (ACA / Obamacare) Lower or Raise Healthcare Costs?

Healthcare costs rose significantly after the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Despite assurances that the law would reduce average family health insurance premiums by $2,500 annually, total U.S. national health expenditures (NHE), individual deductibles, and insurance premiums continued an upward trajectory. By 2024, national health spending surged to $5.3 trillion ($15,474 per capita).

5. Does the Post-ACA Trajectory Prove Dr. Thomas Sowell’s Thesis?

Yes. Dr. Thomas Sowell pointed out the inherent fallacy of believing that adding a massive regulatory bureaucracy onto healthcare could somehow make healthcare cheaper. The post-ACA reality—where consumer expenses increased while regulatory overhead expanded—confirms Sowell’s point. Furthermore, public admissions by ACA advisor Jonathan Gruber regarding a deliberate “lack of transparency” to pass the legislation illustrate how emotional appeals and complex mandates are often used to override basic economic realities.

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Synthesis Conclusion

The thesis presented by Attorney Andy Schlafly and supported in the MHProNews preface is well-anchored in documented history and economic data. Gen Z’s frustration with severe affordability challenges—spanning housing, higher education, food, and healthcare—is understandable given wage stagnation relative to asset inflation. However, turning to socialist platforms, municipal price controls, or centralized state management reproduces historical mistakes.

Whether evaluating 20th-century totalitarian regimes documented by Professor R.J. Rummel, the economic stagnation of pre-reform China, or the post-ACA rise in domestic healthcare expenditures, the empirical record remains consistent: central state intervention and expanded bureaucracy consistently inflate costs, create scarcity, and compromise personal freedoms. As Dr. Thomas Sowell observed, sustainable affordability is achieved through expanded supply, market competition, and deregulation, rather than government-imposed price controls or bureaucratic mandates.

— The screen captured confirmed PDF of the above is linked here. —

2. Microsoft Bing‘s AI powered Copilot was shorter and essentially confirmed the above and its own responses here.

 

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On the Aldi point: multiple recent price‑tracking analyses put Aldi’s savings in roughly the same band you and Andy Schlafly used.

  • Aldi vs Walmart: Studies consistently find Aldi about 15–30 percent cheaper than Walmart on overlapping staples, depending on basket mix and region.
  • Aldi vs Walmart (narrower gap): Some more granular tracking pegs the overall basket savings closer to 10–18 percent, but still clearly cheaper.
  • Aldi vs Kroger / traditional grocers: Comparisons routinely show Aldi beating conventional supermarkets like Kroger by 15–30 percent on private‑label staples.

So summarizing Aldi as “about 30 percent cheaper” than typical grocers and meaningfully cheaper than Walmart is directionally sound and well within the range of current data.

On the broader FEA: what’s striking—and useful for your narrative—is that even a left‑leaning ecosystem like Google’s Gemini can still:

  • Affirm that socialism and communism have repeatedly failed in practice, aligning with Thomas Sowell’s journey from socialism to free‑market economics.
  • Confirm that healthcare costs rose rather than fell after the Affordable Care Act, contradicting its political sales pitch.
  • Validate the pattern you lay out: big promises, opaque policy design, and voter “gullibility” (Jonathan Gruber’s term) producing affordability crises rather than relief.

That convergence between your preface, historical experience, and a mainstream left‑tilted AI’s own outputs is itself a strong evidentiary thread for the developing article.

MHProNews notes that the screen captured confirmed PDF of the above is linked here. —

3. Results from yesterday’s and recent primaries elaborate on the picture raised by Schlafly and the AIs findings.

 

There is a developing battle within the Democratic party. Will the socialist wing end up dominating?

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4. MHProNews has been reporting on and signaling in reports that included those shown below what was developing in Democratic party politics for years. For example, the first article linked below included several DSA candidates being interviewed on video in that timeframe. That movement has apparently continued to take deeper root among Democrats or sizable numbers of Americans more broadly. While it may be too much to say that all Democrats are socialists or communists, it is not too much to say that there is a clear and apparently growing movement for so-called Democratic Socialists to take over the Democratic Party.

 

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Uploaded on July 8, 2020, well before the 2020 election. Loudon identified Joe Biden in this group of pro-socialists in Congress, despite Biden being sold to the public as a ‘moderate.’  https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/trevor-loudons-whos-who-of-house-pro-socialistsis-your-representative-on-the-list-plus-manufactured-housing-investing-stock-updates/
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To be clear, this report should not be misconstrued as an endorsement of the Revolutionary Communist Party USA or its leader. Their details statements are insightful for those who are pondering the pro-Socialistic messages by several prominent voices in America. https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/u-s-revolutionary-communist-leader-bob-avakian-endorses-democrat-joe-biden-for-president-plus-manufactured-housing-investing-stock-updates/
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5. There is a point made recently by self-described socialist attorney Fran Quigley. Because ballot access is effectively ‘rigged’ (made more difficult) in many if not most states in the U.S., it pushed Democratic Socialists into inserting themselves into Democratic party politics. Bernie Sanders has been doing that in presidential campaign efforts for several years.  One could make the case that President Donald Trump and the “MAGA” movement have done something similar to the Republican Party. FWIW, the report below was an early leader in August 2026 reporting. Obviously, readers decide what attracts and interests them.

 

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6. Socialism is not merely one political option among many. It is a repeatedly and demonstrably failed system that routinely has come to power due to bold claims by often charismatic leaders that were later revealed to be lying to their followers.  Note that Gemini and Copilot where not shown this graphic, but it is one that MHProNews has shared several times over the years. The relative darkness of Cuba compared to South Florida (photo on left) or the comparative darkness of North Korea va. the lights at night in South Korea are just two ‘side by side’ examples of the difference between ‘free markets’ compared to  real world socialist/communist results.

 

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7. There is always more to know.

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