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6. But, it's so much more pleasant and far easier to live in a fantasy world. n/t

Mon May 27, 2013, 02:05 PM

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Get Apocalyptic: Why Radical is the New Normal [View all] marmar May 2013 OP

"Anxiety is rational and anguish is healthy" marions ghost May 2013 #1

Kudos to your daughter and her friends........ socialist_n_TN May 2013 #3

Thanks! Kath1 May 2013 #4

"Let's hope they all make a difference"..... socialist_n_TN May 2013 #5

Interesting Trotsky reference. calimary May 2013 #28

I'm just a couple of years older than your daughter and Lunacee_2013 May 2013 #16

Yeah, I've seen older ppl Lunacee_2013 May 2013 #18

Folks it's not hyperbole to say socialism or barbarism..... socialist_n_TN May 2013 #26

Welcome to DU, Lunacee_2013! calimary May 2013 #29

Not necessarily. Sometimes, fantasies are far scarier than reality. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #12

Pills? They got pills for this? RobertEarl May 2013 #7

Yeah, they have pills for the Second Law of Thermodynamics now? GliderGuider May 2013 #15

The reference was to this line in the OP RobertEarl May 2013 #19

Yeah, bored. That would be it. GliderGuider May 2013 #21

Thanks for a great article felix_numinous May 2013 #8

On the other hand, 50 years from now... bhikkhu May 2013 #10

There is a small amount of truth here, but otherwise..... AverageJoe90 May 2013 #11

The planet is smoking RobertEarl May 2013 #20

I am, but this talk of apocalypse does us no good. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #22

You just don't get it, do you? RobertEarl May 2013 #23

"All the nice gentle scientists agree." Really? AverageJoe90 May 2013 #24

Dude RobertEarl May 2013 #25

Nobody denies that there's a crisis, TBH. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #27

Not bad, as far as it goes. GliderGuider May 2013 #14