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squirejons
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squirejons
13y ago
understand this--the fingerprint of every major environmental factor can be found in our physiology. Rainstorms are a major environmental factor, and they have been such forever, going back many tens of millions of years. What happens in a
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why is it that we sleep better with the sounds of a rainstorm going on? Because we evolved as animals being preyed upon by large predators, big cats, packs of dogs etc. When our preyed-upon ancestors heard the sounds of a rainstorm they kne
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13y ago
more importantly, americans need to realize that the elite have recast american history as it relates to white slavery, black slavery, the civil war, the immigration moratorium of the 1920s, jim crow, hitler, the civil rights movement, the
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squirejons
13y ago
the real story behind this is how americans and american social and political policy is being manipulated by corporations. We swim in a sea of propaganda. We need to wake up to that fact.
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13y ago
insanity...but I guess it is not without precedent. In decades past the elite used propaganda to convince young men to go to war and lay down their lives for nothing. I guess it is easier to convince young people today to go into heavy debt
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13y ago
but is right now a good time to buy into an index fund? Or to buy any stock? Most things revert to the mean, and right now the market is substantially above mean, and that market level is based on other aspects of the world that are current
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13y ago
the Doodle abides....and somehow I take comfort in that...
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yeah, less mass immigration means a lower supply of labor, which means higher wages for workers. That's horrible! Oh, wait, you were speaking from the perspective of the corporations and rich investors who have to pay wages. Funny how
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13y ago
ever notice how the corporate media is always trying get more people into the developed nations? Mass immigration! More people! More People! More Babies! MOAR! MOAR! This baby dearth, combined with the ability of the japanese to keep their