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Having replied in good faith already, I also want to call out that your jab about trucks and rifles adds nothing to the conversation and is merely culture-war fuel.

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It seems like a fair point to me. You can't bring your rifle on the train but you can bring it in your truck. Whether or not that shapes Atlanteans choice of transport I can't say though.

Fair point perhaps, but was clearly intended as sarcasm:

> a society that glamorizes everyone driving the biggest trucks and carrying the largest rifles

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