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The “accidental” evil of the volunteer fire department

One of the most effective ways to get people to engage in evil is to convince them that they are doing good. The volunteer fire department is the angelic mask placed by a deceitful community to allow exclusion.

‘A Feminist Newsletter in New Jersey’—about UrbanismL. Lo Sontag

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