Why were so many Americans treated by their government as though their…

Kurt Vonnegut
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Why were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues? Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in their made-up tales. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1988). Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, p.135, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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