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LuvNewcastle

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1. In our dumbed-down society, those remarks would

Reply to hifiguy (Original post)

Thu Aug 7, 2014, 10:44 AM

Aug 2014

go right over the heads of at least half of the people. If it's longer than a tweet, forget about getting people to grasp it. Would they even know the difference between labor and capital? Would they even know what the words mean?

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Why do we not hear political rhetoric like this anymore? [View all] hifiguy Aug 2014 OP

In our dumbed-down society, those remarks would LuvNewcastle Aug 2014 #1

As a society, we are entertaining ourselves into the extinction we deserve. hifiguy Aug 2014 #2

I agree. LuvNewcastle Aug 2014 #3