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  "path": "/2026/06/08/decline-is-a-choice/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T03:12:26.000Z",
  "site": "https://dissentwatch.com",
  "tags": [
    "#Column1",
    "moral character",
    "plan continuation bias",
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  "textContent": "The White House likes posting the magic phrase “decline is a choice,” which mirrors our reasoning around here which suggests that if you make a bad decision, you stop doing that, do something else, and clean up the mess through equal parts aggression and nurturing. But for most people, you just go with the inertia, […]",
  "title": "Decline Is a Choice"
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