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Well, this is powerful.

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Thanks! Comes from the heart

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Sometimes I wonder how much of it is leadership. For example:

capitalism in the right hands vs. in the wrong hands.

socialism in the right hands vs. in the wrong hands.

These are powerful forces that can go very right or very wrong depending on how they are managed. And how do we make sure they are managed better?

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Sorry about that. American govt is shit, the people are nice until you try to take something from them and then you'll be killed or imprisoned. The Fall will be great, its coming and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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It is absolutely horrible. I live in an area that was modeled after Le Curbosier's idea of "forest city," and it's very beautiful, but local people use the "forest park" as a dumping ground. I saw a full vacuum cleaner thrown away under a bench. Sad.

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The decline of all morals and human decency. Yeah, capitalism encourages that. It is horrible, man

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This is so true. We should have known better!

I would also add that people are brainwashed and convinced that nothing will change, so they don't act. Positive stories are rarely featured in mainstream media. The societies that rest on "you can't," "there is no," or generally on any other sort of negation, won't make any substantial progress. Unfortunately!

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Hi there, like you BBR essay. Will add how they all get along well together in Germany, left a side all hate when in bananas and direct their hate to whealty host.

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Well. I learned a bit about Yugoslavia in history class (Tito rings a bell) but of course, this hits differently than cold sterile names & dates. My friends from these countries care a lot about family but (some of them) also buy into the capitalist utopia, understandably. It feels very strange reading this, too, knowing that some of the older generation here still display varying degrees of racism towards Slavs (the accent, the nepotism). I wish I could point them to this piece.

Love the strong message either way. Thank you!

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Thank you Antonio🙏

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