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malthaussen

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9. Yeah, and I have a problem with...

Reply to snot (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 02:13 PM

Jun 2013

"This deterministic view is undeniable." In fact, I have a problem with the author's depiction of the "default setting" of American society. What may be true from one seat is false from another.

-- Mal

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Decline and fall: how American society unravelled [View all] Adsos Letter Jun 2013 OP

Link? DURHAM D Jun 2013 #1

Can you add the link, please? I'd like to alsame Jun 2013 #2

...whoops... Adsos Letter Jun 2013 #3

Thanks :) nt alsame Jun 2013 #4

K&R.... daleanime Jun 2013 #5

Hmmm . . . snot Jun 2013 #6

Yeah, and I have a problem with... malthaussen Jun 2013 #9

+1,000! It's great to see someone else that gets it! The rich and corporations own the politicians Dustlawyer Jun 2013 #10

I haven't read it yet, but I agree with you that the elites deliberately engineered deutsey Jun 2013 #11

Agree... It's a pretty thin article. Maybe his book goes into more detail. KoKo Jun 2013 #12

It was Reagan's "Government is the problem" mantra ... which was written by capitalists Auggie Jun 2013 #14

It's been a sad progression downwards for America.. (which is not the HOMELAND) KoKo Jun 2013 #15

1978 RobertEarl Jun 2013 #7

Good Point...and as a person who lived through that time..in retrospect...agree. n/t KoKo Jun 2013 #16

Yep. That was when it started, the reaction that brought us here. bemildred Jun 2013 #19

The article by George Packer is worth reading, as well as the review of the book by Sukhdev Sandhu LongTomH Jun 2013 #8

Sandu's Review is a very good read...A Snip: KoKo Jun 2013 #13

Love the last lines: Brigid Jun 2013 #17

30 years of failed conservative economics at work here.. 4dsc Jun 2013 #18