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The core issue of statements like "taxation is theft" is that they view market income as natural and deserved, while other income is not. This of course presumes a state
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The Strenuous LifeThe man in this photo is Teddy Roosevelt, during the time he worked as a cowboy on the American Frontier in the late 1800s. Teddy Roosevelt today is
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Science fiction sucks at predicting the future, but it sure is good at predicting the present (c.f. @greatdismal): that is, the stuff that seems plausible in science fiction at any
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What is Community Defense, in my definition? It is a holistic and militant movement for the total defense of working class people, from hunger, toil or violence, whatever it is.
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American media needs to stop. Stop discussing immigration in the Right's playing field. Stop hitting people over the head with the "economic value of immigration" and focus on the human
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In 1972, the Club of Rome published "Limits to Growth," which used pretty straightforward modeling to predict that the world's productive capacity would be exhausted soon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth1/ B
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Some things to think about with Morrison's announcement today. Is a new Accord or agreement between government, unions and industry such an easy thing to put together? Is there really
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SPAIN EXPLAINED FOR FOREIGNERSIn this thread I'll be explaining some facts about Spain and Spaniards that can't be deduced by simply looking at raw data. As a native Spanish having
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someone described Mad Max Fury Road to me as “michael bay’s wet dream” and I’ve never felt so bad for someone’s sad, pessimistic, uninspired view of cinema before in my
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Shinzo Abe wanted more women to work, and they did--the female labor force reached a milestone of 30 million; the participation rate surged to 71% topping that of the US
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1. There's an interesting vote coming up soon that is going to scramble partisan lines. It's on the World Trade Organization, the global super court that encourages offshoring, harms the
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We made it.We're six months into rebuilding America. Don't get me wrong: there's a long way to go. But today, July 4, 2021, fresh off the Supreme Court's decision last
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“ If by chance we are released, we will get married “ said Ovadia to the woman he fell in love with as they were imprisoned in Auschwitz camp.(THREAD) Ovadia
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Howard University Twitter Jail @Tyrascar 3 days @suhsuhsuhlena 3 days @EricJeremiahGa2 4 days@Tyrascar Additional 2 days @EricJeremiahGa2 Additional 2 day sentence without parole @cherryxxxo 7 days @Tyrascar 30 days. Solitary.
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A THREAD on powerful ideas shared in the book "The Power of your Subconscious Mind" by Joseph Murphy:1/As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your
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Many are asking why, even though the CARES Act set an expiration date for UI benefits four months in the future, Congress did not begin negotiating until the week it
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