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In reply to the discussion: Pierce: The Historical Significance of 'Cosmopolitan' as an Insult [View all]hunter
(38,312 posts)7. The theory of evolution goes both ways.
Most parasites evolved from more complex species. They gradually lose the ability to produce for themselves what they are taking from their hosts.
Case in point: Dodder
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Dodder has lost the ability to photosynthesize it's own food. It sucks its food out of others.
The similarity to Trump and his uber-wealthy supporters is pretty clear, don't you think?
As workers become more productive, the uber-wealthy take all the profits and then some, hording the money in ways that do not improve the lives of those who actually created the wealth.
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As must be his non-English speaking grandparents, from Poland, spinning in their graves n/t
BamaRefugee
Aug 2017
#41
Eventually they will be crawling on all fours. Many already seem to be there already, for trump...nt
lostnfound
Aug 2017
#4
It's not only a historic signaling device - it's a conservative religious signaling
Nay
Aug 2017
#35
Shouldn't POTUS be required to pass the test immigrants take to become citizens,
SleeplessinSoCal
Aug 2017
#17
I caught that, too, and it floored me. "Rootless cosmopolite" goes back way before Stalin, iirc...
Hekate
Aug 2017
#32
soooo, cosmopolitan, worldly, intellectual, are insults? dog whistles to the great
niyad
Aug 2017
#37
See my post above. It's specifically anti-Semitic because Jews were not "rooted" in "the land"...
Hekate
Aug 2017
#44