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“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?”
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“I would like to understand things better, but I don’t want to understand them perfectly.”
― Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
― Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern
“She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
― Contact
― Contact
“Τελικά μου 'μεινε αυτή η συνήθεια να κοιτάζω αλλού, έτσι σώθηκα από πολλές καταστροφές
όμως είναι πράγματα που δε θα τα μάθουμε ποτέ, όπως το μάκρος των οριζόντων ή το βάθος της λύπης μας.”
― Μικρό βιβλίο για μεγάλα όνειρα
όμως είναι πράγματα που δε θα τα μάθουμε ποτέ, όπως το μάκρος των οριζόντων ή το βάθος της λύπης μας.”
― Μικρό βιβλίο για μεγάλα όνειρα
“Neoliberal democracy. Instead of citizens, it produces consumers. Instead of communities, it produces shopping malls. The net result is an atomized society of disengaged individuals who feel demoralized and socially powerless.
In sum, neoliberalism is the immediate and foremost enemy of genuine participatory democracy, not just in the United States but across the planet, and will be for the foreseeable future.”
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In sum, neoliberalism is the immediate and foremost enemy of genuine participatory democracy, not just in the United States but across the planet, and will be for the foreseeable future.”
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