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Tell me again why we’re letting a 78 year old, legit smelly, odorous, frail, loser old man who bankrupted a CASINO bankrupt the country?
Congress? Any answers?
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If we are going to go deep, I think that we need to consider a few other aspects of what has been discussed in today’s piece. The part that evangelicals play is mentioned. However, there are more elemental ideas which undergird all of religion and large segments of our society as well as many other concepts which have had profound effects. There is a moralism that feeds into exceptionalism, supremacy, and the inherent value of prosperity. The wealthy, along with millions of ordinary people, in…
Funny coincidence, since Dickens is mentioned by Thom here. I just happen to be about 1/4 way thru Dickens' "Hard Times," which is excruciatingly about education of the young. Don't know if Dickens had the "Prussian academy model" in mind, but key characters are "Mr. Gradgrind" proprietor of the hellish school of stringent realism, and his star teacher, "Mr. McChoakumchild." (Subtlety didn't sell serials, apparently.) In the context of this whole discussion, I am somewhat oppressed by the hoary…
I thought I had sent an answer to you. But I'm just seeing a notice that my reply didn't get posted. I think it may be lost but will see if I can locate it later. I'm not sure I will be able to reproduce it. My apologies.
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