Acquisition Quote by Robert Downey, Jr

“Violent ground-acquisition games such as football are in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war.” quote by Robert Downey, Jr — Download Open image

“Violent ground-acquisition games such as football are in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war.”

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