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Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall–and Those Fighting to Reverse It by Steven Brill

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The most talented, driven Americans chased the American dream—and won it for themselves. Then, in a way unprecedented in history, they were able to consolidate their winnings, outsmart and co-opt the government that might have reined them ...more

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“I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

tags: afterlife, compassion, life, religion

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“Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
― Plato

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“Well, personally, I've seen enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned that it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

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“But again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this. And the question is not one of knowing what punishment or reward attends the making of this calculation. The question is one of knowing whether two and two do make four”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

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“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
― Plato

tags: philosophy

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