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What the difference in nuance between "would not be satisfied" and "will not be satisfied"?

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Rebecca

Since he is speaking about a hypothetical situation in this sentence, he uses "would" as a conditional to indicate a possible situation that could happen. He could replace this with "will" but since "will" is a present tense verb, it makes the sentence seem more like reality and less like a hypothetical situation that hasn't actually happened.

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