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The very fact that we don’t know what debt is, the very flexibility of the concept, is the basis of its power. If history shows anything, it is that there’s no better way to justify relations founded on violence, to make such relations seem
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“Personally I take more satisfaction in understanding people than in passing judgement on them.”
― Chess Story
― Chess Story
“Distinguishing social consensus from truth is really important because they’re not the same.”
― The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
― The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
“When people are presented with the alternatives of hating themselves for their failure or hating others for their success, they seldom choose to hate themselves.”
― Black Rednecks & White Liberals
― Black Rednecks & White Liberals
“The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied.
They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer - and they don't want explanations that fail to give them that.”
― Dismantling America
They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer - and they don't want explanations that fail to give them that.”
― Dismantling America
“No-one is equal to anything. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.”
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