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Old 06-11-2018, 04:19 PM   #1163
Tyrone Slothrop
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Re: We are all Slave now.

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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield View Post
The consensus regarding free trade and cooperation is not under attack. Trump and Italy are "burn it all down" movements.
You are wrong.

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People will compete with each other to a point. When the losers in a system feel like they can't win, like they've no chance, they'll shift to a different strategy: Making others lose, too.

All wealth and status is relative. If a person can't beat his betters, he'll pull them down. Shit, our entire media industry runs on that concept. 70% of what's in print or on TV is devoted to destroying a successful person. (I'm not even touching the envy industry that's social media... that's a cesspool of nothing other than bullshitting braggarts, trolls, and sociopaths.)
Have you thought about putting these sentiments on greeting cards?

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Brexit's a little different. That's fear of immigrants who aren't assimilating as rigidly as expected.
OK, professor.
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