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whatchamacallit

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35. Yes!

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:03 PM

Jan 2013

and thanks.

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Everything We Tell Ourselves About America and the World Is Wrong [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

K&R DeSwiss Jan 2013 #1

... xchrom Jan 2013 #2

Yeah, but if you happen to realize this consciously you are thought insane if you mention it Fumesucker Jan 2013 #3

nicely put. nt xchrom Jan 2013 #5

Yes, well put. I might add, "and the man claiming to have sight would be king and he'd poke out the rhett o rick Jan 2013 #19

ive known "America" was a farce sense birth willhe Jan 2013 #4

they talk about freedom in the world but dont want it for everyone in america. Flashmann Jan 2013 #7

+1. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2013 #8

The 1% want and have unlimited freedom, supported by the blood and guns of our soldiers. nt valerief Jan 2013 #10

What we're really trying to free from the clutches of the despots Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #26

Exactly right. Everybody born into any of the underclasses always knows that the stories are lies. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #34

Please...Like all of us, you didn't know anything "at birth". whathehell Jan 2013 #36

K&R newfie11 Jan 2013 #6

Bloody well written! nt Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #9

Isn't it, though? Delphinus Jan 2013 #20

autoxchromeDURec KG Jan 2013 #11

I grew up believing it too. zeemike Jan 2013 #12

Powerful...thanks. Faryn Balyncd Jan 2013 #13

Other than someone feeling depressed, does the author offer any concrete examples? randome Jan 2013 #14

It's not unproductive to arrive at the scene of a massive automobile accident obamamyprez Jan 2013 #18

Did you read it? tama Jan 2013 #22

at the same time live outside of America JCMach1 Jan 2013 #15

It angers me when lessens learned are allowed to fall by the wayside... socialindependocrat Jan 2013 #16

I grew up in a bubble that lasted until elementary school obamamyprez Jan 2013 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author rhett o rick Jan 2013 #21

Eisenstein is a rare bird. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #23

Another piece by Einstein JReed Jan 2013 #28

True. But change happens superpatriotman Jan 2013 #24

Charles makes that point in his talks GliderGuider Jan 2013 #25

Equality only looks equal to one looking down on others. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #27

All of America is based on myth JReed Jan 2013 #29

Our brains are not the boss! nt gulliver Jan 2013 #30

I adore Charles Eisenstein. Question for those who click on this post.... OneGrassRoot Jan 2013 #31

+1 xchrom Jan 2013 #32

We have finally qualified and quantified our very existence Rex Jan 2013 #33

Yes! whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #35

k/r marmar Jan 2013 #37

K&R woo me with science Jan 2013 #38