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** As it was published before the accusation of sexual harassment, Harvey Weinstein's death in this universe became less likely to have sympathy nowadays other than being one of the victims from the racially motivated attack by Stormfront).



* UnconventionalLearningExperience: The massive amounts of research on various non-mainstream political figures and events led the readers to become aware of them.
* ValuesResonance: This story's major theme of increased polarization between left and right, the rise of political and religious extremism, and cultural divide with the proliferation of internet along with its flaws like echo-chambers and mass-distribution played well in TheNewTens.

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* UnconventionalLearningExperience: The massive amounts of research on various non-mainstream political figures and events led the readers to become aware of them.
them along with being on the forum board allowing them to discuss such subjects.
* ValuesResonance: This story's major theme of increased polarization between left and right, the rise of political and religious extremism, and cultural divide with the proliferation of the internet along with its flaws like echo-chambers echo chambers and mass-distribution proliferation of misinformation played well in TheNewTens.
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* UnconventionalLearningExperience: The massive amounts of research on various non-mainstream political figures and events led the readers to become aware of them.
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* AccidentalAesop: While having a [[TakeAThirdOption viable third party]] might be valuable, but they can still be NotSoDifferent from two major American parties if the radicals, which ironically one of the Freedom Party's major flaws is its attraction of extremists of all political spectrum for better or for worse, who would cause further gridlock into the legislative process and refuse to compromise even for a mutually beneficial outcome.

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* AccidentalAesop: While having a [[TakeAThirdOption viable third party]] might be valuable, but they can still be NotSoDifferent from MirroringFactions to two major American parties if the radicals, which ironically one of the Freedom Party's major flaws is its attraction of extremists of all political spectrum for better or for worse, who would cause further gridlock into the legislative process and refuse to compromise even for a mutually beneficial outcome.
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** [[spoiler: Nagoya getting nuked]] especially Clay Mulford's account.
--> '''Clay Mulford''':We were literally astonished, all the staff along with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defence, the Secretary of Commerce, the National Security Advisor, the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, the CIA and FBI Directors, and all. The President had just put the phone back after speaking with Ambassador Holbrooke who immediately put the blame on [[spoiler: the Aum Shirinkyo cult, and we were now receiving images from a camera embarked on the USS Carl Vinson, which happened to be near Nagoya at the time. We could still see the mushroom cloud rising from the ashes of the city, barely distinguishing the lights of the city on fire, the boats left without home port and drifting… An atmosphere of total apocalypse. Total annihilation. What Armageddon might have looked. I never saw the President like that, and he was my father-in-law. His eyes were filled with tears, he remained dumb, shocked, gaping and staring. The only thing he said after five minutes was, " 'Please, Jeane. Tell me it’s not my fault.' "]]

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** [[spoiler: Nagoya getting nuked]] nuked]], especially Clay Mulford's account.
--> '''Clay Mulford''':We Mulford''': We were literally astonished, all the staff along with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defence, the Secretary of Commerce, the National Security Advisor, the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, the CIA and FBI Directors, and all. The President had just put the phone back after speaking with Ambassador Holbrooke who immediately put the blame on [[spoiler: the Aum Shirinkyo cult, and we were now receiving images from a camera embarked on the USS Carl Vinson, which happened to be near Nagoya at the time. We could still see the mushroom cloud rising from the ashes of the city, barely distinguishing the lights of the city on fire, the boats left without home port and drifting… An atmosphere of total apocalypse. Total annihilation. What Armageddon might have looked. I never saw the President like that, and he was my father-in-law. His eyes were filled with tears, he remained dumb, shocked, gaping and staring. The only thing he said after five minutes was, " 'Please, Jeane. Tell me it’s not my fault.' "]]

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