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kpete

(71,981 posts) Sun Apr 24, 2016, 11:00 PM Apr 2016

If & When

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If & When (Original Post) kpete Apr 2016 OP

Yes, and unlike the first two illnesses... dchill Apr 2016 #1

Hendrix said it best... Moostache Apr 2016 #2

dchill

(38,468 posts)

1. Yes, and unlike the first two illnesses...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 11:06 PM

Apr 2016

It's apparently contagious, and usually leads to offshoreitis.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)

2. Hendrix said it best...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 01:01 AM

Apr 2016

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

There is simply no denying that people with enormous wealth tend to seek the extension of their own power through that money. It is pathetic and sad, but it is also pervasive and ingrained into humanity's DNA at this point.

We desperately need an external threat to unite humanity because internally we are doomed to failure.

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