Brigid
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Thu Apr-21-11 03:58 PM
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"Capitalism has always carried within it the seeds of excess." |
Bucky
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Thu Apr-21-11 04:05 PM
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1. I'm trying to think of a human belief system of which that is not true. |
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Communism, manners, eating, charity, self love, discipline, generosity, socialism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, pacifism, national security, honesty....
If you think about each of these, you'll also see the dangers to yielding to excess.
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Thu Apr-21-11 04:10 PM
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3. Freedom has always carried within it the seeds of excess. |
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I mean really, the statement works for damn near anything.
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Thu Apr-21-11 04:35 PM
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4. My aloe vera plants carry within them the seeds of their own excess |
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By criminy, you're right.
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Thu Apr-21-11 04:08 PM
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2. That's because it grows on those seeds |
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Thu Apr-21-11 04:39 PM
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I'm gonna use it for my US history class next week. Good find!
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