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Louis the Billionaire! In 2022 America, we see pretty clearly how power corrupts — and how the super-rich and powerful have a tough time not always craving more. Sadly, that’s nothing new. Let me take you back to the Mar-a-Lago of 18th-century France, to the country club of a narcissistic megalomaniac who had no real rule of law, constitution, or pluralistic government to rein him in. He spent half a year’s income of the entire country of France (the most populous and richest country in Europe a

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