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Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
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I would just like to note the absurdity and lack of self-awareness in this paragraph:
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While Europeans are accustomed to being ruled by presumed betters whom they distrust, the American people’s realization of being ruled like Europeans shocked this country into well nigh revolutionary attitudes. But only the realization was new. The ruling class had sunk deep roots in America over decades before 2008. Machiavelli compares serious political diseases to the Aetolian fevers — easy to treat early on while they are difficult to discern, but virtually untreatable by the time they become obvious.
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eta: I tried to read it, but I give up. That is a load of twaddle. I can't believe you think it's insightful or well written. I suppose it is amazing that the man can write prose with such a massive chip on his shoulder, but that's no reason to go and read it.
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