Learned men of the age studied thousands of years of history (Reply #9)

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Wed Aug 19, 2020, 06:49 PM

9. Learned men of the age studied thousands of years of history

There was no golf, sports, motorcars, movies. There was nothing to do but drink, read, discuss. It's a testament to them, and to the recurring patterns of human organization in history, though different ages use different terminology to describe similar phenomena.

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39 replies	Author	Time	Post
Thomas Paine EXACTLY described Trump 244 years ago. [View all]	AZ8theist	Aug 2020	OP
Best post on DU in the past 3.75 years!!! This should go viral!	BComplex	Aug 2020	#1
Wow! Thanks!!	AZ8theist	Aug 2020	#2
Common Sense is a must read.	cayugafalls	Aug 2020	#3
Agree	malaise	Aug 2020	#4
One of my favorite books.	Solomon	Aug 2020	#38
K&R	Docreed2003	Aug 2020	#5
Bullseye!	empedocles	Aug 2020	#6
The trump type does not seem to have 'evolved' at all	empedocles	Aug 2020	#7
A lot of our problems stem from Trump Types.	StClone	Aug 2020	#12
That's very nice.	warmfeet	Aug 2020	#8
A modest proposal....	paleotn	Aug 2020	#17
Awesome cigar cutter!	Baked Potato	Aug 2020	#28
Kathy Griffin is that you???	shelshaw	Aug 2020	#32
Meets the crimes, no?	paleotn	Aug 2020	#36
Proposal accepted.	warmfeet	Aug 2020	#37
Learned men of the age studied thousands of years of history	bucolic_frolic	Aug 2020	#9
You hit the nail on the head, IMO -- and why we're lost today.	yonder	Aug 2020	#13
It was underway with movies, but liftoff was the calculator	bucolic_frolic	Aug 2020	#22
I first learned advanced math on a slide rule..	AZ8theist	Aug 2020	#30
Well said!	scarletwoman	Aug 2020	#16
I just moved to a new home. The first few nights we had electricity and water, but no television, no	fwvinson	Aug 2020	#27
++ Common Sense , Paine . Thank you for a little bit of it tonight !	lunasun	Aug 2020	#10
thanks for this - my favorite revolutionary & founder	bringthePaine	Aug 2020	#11
K&R.	Scruffy1	Aug 2020	#14
Old Tom is spot on again....	paleotn	Aug 2020	#15
"When they succeed to the government are frequently the most IGNORANT and UNFIT of any...."	mitch96	Aug 2020	#18
I like what he was thinking all those years ago.	wendyb-NC	Aug 2020	#19
Never truer than now. Great post.	dameatball	Aug 2020	#20
Written From Experience	erpowers	Aug 2020	#21
If Elizabeth Warren or HRC were to read that tonight. Monster Buzz. nt	oasis	Aug 2020	#23
Read my footer. n/t	Tommymac	Aug 2020	#24
Hence, Pence...	czarjak	Aug 2020	#25
Great find. Thank you.	GeorgiaPeanut	Aug 2020	#26
Agreed! Kicking it back up to the top. nt	crickets	Aug 2020	#29
I'd be wary of electing a business person again.	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#31
Bookmarking MUST for me. Much obliged for your post, AZ8theist!	MFGsunny	Aug 2020	#33
You are MOST Welcome!!	AZ8theist	Aug 2020	#34
He remains one of the masters of English political rhetoric:	struggle4progress	Aug 2020	#35
Common Sense, for those who want to read it.	cayugafalls	Aug 2020	#39

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