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“That entitlement and the sort of - I think that's just perennial. I just think that's constant. And it's part of the American experience of the 21st century, period.” quote by Michael Penn — Download Open image

“That entitlement and the sort of - I think that's just perennial. I just think that's constant. And it's part of the American experience of the 21st century, period.”

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