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the founding headline montage: the missiles relocated onto a reservation

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SHORT-HAIRED MEN IN SHINY TRUCKS ARE NOT DISMANTLING MANITOBAN THERMS BUT INSTEAD MOVING THEM JUST OVER BORDER INTO TURTLE MTN. INDIAN RESERVATION, HORRIFIED N.D. GOV CHARGES

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The founding's method in miniature: the NATO missiles Gentle promised to remove are not dismantled but "MOVING THEM JUST OVER BORDER INTO TURTLE MTN. INDIAN RESERVATION" — the same logic as the Reconfiguration, hazards shoved onto the least-powerful available ground. Experialism's rule is consistent from the start: never destroy the danger, relocate it onto someone with no standing to refuse.

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