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I’m a writer and accountant who loves reading, music, yoga, meditating, stargazing, gardening, kirtan, hockey and laughing! Keeping up the fight for liberal democracy and human rights. We all deserve to live in peace. 🕊️
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At one time, I smoked a pack a day. Can’t imagine paying that much daily! I think I quit around $7 a pack.
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Sounds awfully political…
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Yep.
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And that’s another failure of American democracy. There needs to be separation between church and state.
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Agreed. Institutional religion is a force to control the masses. I used to think science made America great. It’s hard to watch it bending towards superstition and theocracy instead.
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But people have sanctified the wealthy, held them up as moral leaders when they are the exact opposite. The almighty dollar has replaced Jesus.
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Oh 💯!
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Yes, democracy does depend on appealing to man’s better nature. America lost its soul. Reagonomics.
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When the richest society in the world doesn’t provide basic healthcare, you understand that their society is built on a moral failure to begin with.
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This is about greed, not democracy.
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And laws against sexual, racial, or religious discrimination. That’s the underpinning of liberal democracy: civil rights.
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Interesting.
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That’s what all good people hope for.
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Laws like, we all stop for red lights, minimum wage, work place protections. People deserve health care and education. Laws against stealing and murder.
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They’ll follow Trump. He has some weird psychic hold on people.
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Yes. And agreed.
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But neither musk or Vance are the cult leaders. They still need Trump or people might wake up.
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Of course there is. Many are aware. It’s what makes a society: rules. It’s a fine balance. But America has also glorified individualism to an extreme. You don’t become a billionaire without stepping on a few people, mostly. We need to care for each other. But that’s too “woke” for some.
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Yes, your democracy is broken, hanging by a silk thread at the moment. We’re routing for you! Good luck!
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It’s replacing news with entertainment. No journalistic standards yet it pretends to be “the news”, so people believe it.
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Could be. There’s a major greed factor. And the destruction of democratic pillars. Such as citizens united. It’s also the glorification of money over all principles. The fact Christians support this is a complete negation of Jesus’ message. Not to mention racism. And a lot of guns.
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No.
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Faux News.
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Although, they did an amazing thing bringing inflation down so quickly after Covid. It must also hurt to see that good work go to waste.
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Yep.
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Okay then, build a human being.
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We’re not machines, if that’s what you mean.
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Thank you Scott Galloway! Saying it plainly.
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Zero notifications here.
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And it will never be self aware either. Just good at faking it!
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It’s hard to believe so many have given up the capacity to think for themselves. The cognitive dissonance must be deafening. And they think “progressives” have been brainwashed?
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I thought so too!
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What I don’t get is how they call themselves Christian without believing in the message of Jesus?
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I feel the same about Ford. Why protest? People voted for him 3 times. Aaargh.
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Good one!
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