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Newsjock

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3. Yes

Reply to HassleCat (Original post)

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 03:08 PM

Oct 2015

Since it's generally regarded in much of Murika that "smart people" got "us" into "this mess" (define these terms however you wish), the thinking is that "we" shouldn't expect the "smart people" to "fix" things.

It's a dangerous age of anti-intellectualism that has no shortage of scary precedents in world history.

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How's it going where you are? [View all] HassleCat Oct 2015 OP

I think if I were you cilla4progress Oct 2015 #1

I saw that headline, too HassleCat Oct 2015 #2

Yes Newsjock Oct 2015 #3