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And I fear at this point the NSC staff look like the patrons at the Mos Eisley Cantina.
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Anything less is a retreat unworthy of our species' genius for individual expression within a highly communal environment. 6/6
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I don't think most Americans actually want a future of division and violence. We need to talk seriously about human rights, human responsibilities, and human liberty as a social revolution that we *must* see through. 5/6
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And we are soooo close. About 1/3 of Americans kind of get it. About 1/3 want communities to remain separate and horde resources from each other. And the other third aren't engaged. We need politicians to engage us for the utopian future, not just tomorrow. 4/n
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It's utopian. A planet of liberal, free individuals, each choosing to care about everyone in their community and in other communities. It will be a constant struggle to realize, but would unleash a cooperative potential literally never seen before. 3/n
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one of the most dominant political entities in human history—was slowly moving closer to multi-racial social democracy. If we—no, *when* we build and sustain that society, if we can help the planet work that way ... 2/n
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We cannot. Experienced "centrism" at all costs!
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I got suspended from Twitter a few years ago for violent speech. I said that the founders of Clear (the "pay-to-cut-the-line app") should be shot into the face of the sun.
Hyperbole was too much for them. No wonder they can't handle reality.
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Probably actually a downstream effect of NYC's congestion pricing.
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If you tolerate crime novels, Donald Westlake's Dortmunder books are marvelous. Great characters, fun plots, sad-sack criminals.
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As an Absolute Bagel devotee, toasted is entirely cromulent.