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15. I can imagine...for him the 'libruls' can be blamed for everything.

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 01:05 PM

Jul 2014

I guess your hard-right acquaintance wasn't around when Bush Jr. told us to all "go out and shop".

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Consume, Consume, Consume With The False Promise Of Happiness! [View all] mia Jul 2014 OP

Do you follow Buddhist teachings? PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #1

Not sure. mia Jul 2014 #3

. snagglepuss Jul 2014 #2

Yes. mia Jul 2014 #6

I thought all of this was well-known. WinkyDink Jul 2014 #4

I need to remind myself from time to time. mia Jul 2014 #8

Yup, well known, and very Buddhist davekriss Jul 2014 #13

All those advertisements must be working. mia Jul 2014 #10

Consumption preserves the illusion of middle class comfort n/t leftstreet Jul 2014 #7

It's the basis of advertising. Trillo Jul 2014 #9

You're all not going to believe this but Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #11

Yeah, pretty much Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #16

Indeed. It's a shame. 10,000 years ago humans were much more enlightened. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #18