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The speaker considers it plausible that a future society could function like the United States by banning slavery and torture.
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“the sense like the United States is so far a liberal country and we do ban slavery and torture”
“I think it is plausible to imagine a future society that works the same way.”Play from 2:26:26Report a misattribution
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