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The system is not like a car, you can't buy parts when it breaks down or becomes corrupt. The system is like a person, and if a person breaks down or becomes corrupt do we try to rebuild them? No. So the answer is not to rebuild the system, the answer is to remove the nonworking system and replace it with one that will do its job.

Lawrence Carter (L.Yizrael)

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