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"Mason & Dixon reach Philadelphia (second only to London). Between the Transit of Venus and here, they went each to their respective homes? I had some trouble making sense of the chronology. Also some kind of controversy with their work and compensation. I don't really follow the politics either." — Dec 13, 2025 02:16PM
"Mason & Dixon reach Philadelphia (second only to London). Between the Transit of Venus and here, they went each to their respective homes? I had some trouble making sense of the chronology. Also some kind of controversy with their work and compensation. I don't really follow the politics either." — Dec 13, 2025 02:16PM
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"Chapter 6 focuses on comparisons with European welfare states. I expected it to be about how much better Europe is on the topic. And it acknowledges that. But the real point is, with increased immigration, Europe it headed toward a more American model. In short, self-destructively racist." — Jun 17, 2023 02:08PM
"Chapter 6 focuses on comparisons with European welfare states. I expected it to be about how much better Europe is on the topic. And it acknowledges that. But the real point is, with increased immigration, Europe it headed toward a more American model. In short, self-destructively racist." — Jun 17, 2023 02:08PM
“If money is in essence transferable credit—rather than a commodity medium of exchange, as the academic economists insisted—then fundamentally different factors explain the economy’s demand for it. Meeting demand for commodities is a simple matter of ensuring a sufficient supply on the market. When it comes to transferable credit, however, volume alone is not enough: the creditworthiness of the issuer and the liquidity of the liability come into play. And both these factors are determined not technologically or physically but by the general levels of trust and confidence.”
― Money: The Unauthorized Biography
― Money: The Unauthorized Biography
“It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“Vegas tends to affect me that way, some combination of tension and dread to which my body responds with all the symptoms of incipient flu.”
― A Is for Alibi
― A Is for Alibi
“Injustice has parcelled out the world, nor is there equal division of aught save of sorrow.”
― The Complete Fairy Tales
― The Complete Fairy Tales
“Pointless labor, useless trash, but for the bureaucrat nothing's trash until he affronts his soul by throwing it out.”
― Tree of Smoke
― Tree of Smoke
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