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Lucky Luciano

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12. Hannah Arendt is pretty smart

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #9)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 12:53 PM

Jan 2025

The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth, and truth be defamed as lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world - and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end - is being destroyed.

Hannah Arendt

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I gotta say this is the first I've heard of this EYESORE 9001 Jan 2025 #3

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Sorry. Slow on the caffeine uptake this morning. EYESORE 9001 Jan 2025 #9

Hannah Arendt is pretty smart Lucky Luciano Jan 2025 #12

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A very interesting life indeed. a kennedy Jan 2025 #20

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Good enough to spread like butter. Historic NY Jan 2025 #14

A wonderful fun read! chouchou Jan 2025 #15

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They have set the rule that anything at all moniss Jan 2025 #31

It is the truth! WA-03 Democrat Jan 2025 #21

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The truthiness makes it funny! JoseBalow Jan 2025 #24

haha I forgot about Truthiness! JohnnyRingo Jan 2025 #26

Hilarious! red dog 1 Jan 2025 #23

Joke is Chris Hughes is alive and well IbogaProject Jan 2025 #25

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