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jeff47

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1. Not quite far enough

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 06:56 PM

Dec 2013

You have to invent those tools, and you have to domesticate those crops you raise.

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You are not self-sufficient... [View all] Playinghardball Dec 2013 OP

Not quite far enough jeff47 Dec 2013 #1

It's easier to be raised by wolves. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #2

"It's called civilization"....I love this. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #3

i aim for it. trust me, you aren't it. mopinko Dec 2013 #4

This is why taxes should be steeply progressive and "flat" taxes are unjust. hunter Dec 2013 #5

But, but . . . John Galt! Ayn Rand! tclambert Dec 2013 #6

Language is one other thing people forget bhikkhu Dec 2013 #7

k&r for the truth. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #8

In this day and age ... surrealAmerican Dec 2013 #9

Kick! Cha Dec 2013 #10

du rec. xchrom Dec 2013 #11

What???? No mention of bootstraps? AuntFester Dec 2013 #12

Absolutely spot-on. appal_jack Dec 2013 #13

A quote: bobclark86 Dec 2013 #14

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