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JAMES LEONARD's avatar

Love the share button too =]

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JAMES LEONARD's avatar

Great story =]

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Prester John's avatar

This style reminds me of Vonnegut. Truth stated so clearly it is impossible to miss. I love it.

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barius3208@aol.com's avatar

Enjoyed reading it, as usual. When will we get serious about climate change? Pretty soon, the can we're kicking down the road will end up floating.

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99's avatar

It's easy to make fun of Ben Shapiro -- he thinks so much of himself and has legimitimately almost no reason to do so. It's also easy to make fun of those who think he's One. Smart. Dude.

I wish that great writing carried a little bit of the influence of great sums of money. Sadly, it seems not to. Nevertheless, brilliant as usual. Thanks.

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Ella's avatar

Really great to read. Reminds me of Vonnegut.

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Cookie Lady-back & pissed off's avatar

Beat me to it.

I started hoping for drawings.

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A.R. Moxon's avatar

High praise indeed. I thank you.

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Chris's avatar

Bravo! Great essay!

And I hate to be *that guy*...but one nit— left off a zero in 6000 pounds per square inch

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Sue Greer-Pitt's avatar

Wow. I really liked how you tied all these things together from the Titanic to the Titan to climate change. And that mind set. We are all going down together. So we need to take care of each other. Neighborliness.

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Amber's avatar

The Elon Musks of the world are oblivious to the not-rich (who outnumber them by a lot) who make their lives so easy and comfortable- the personal assistants, chefs, chauffeurs, cleaning crews, gardeners, etc... . They forget that when shit really hits the fan, the staff (bodyguard taking the lead), are going to turn on them and be the ones enjoying the bio-dome food and air-conditioner.

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henry sholar's avatar

i was almost today-years-old when i spotted the jm keynes quote (thanks to paul campos) that you so ably fillet:

“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.”

― John Maynard Keynes

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Johnny Wallflower's avatar

Bravo! Particularly pungent.

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Baja Arizona's avatar

I don't go to church, but after reading this I felt like I'd just heard a rousing spot-on sermon. Thanks.

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