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Kolyma Tales

by Varlam Shalamov

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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

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Rundown said: " I am a spiritual person, but not religious.
That said, if anything I would be classed as a Buddhist.
After reading Meditations, maybe I would now class myself as a Stoic.

I think the world would be a far better place if people read meditations rather t ...more "

Jan 12, 2022 09:46PM · see review

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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

by Jane Mayer

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Rundown said: " Wow.

This book has opened a huge can of worms, that has made the entire world appear even more sinister and corrupt than I, a cynical, mistrusting, anti establishment, humane, freedom loving person, already expected.

I wish to tip my hat to Jane Mayer Wow.

This book has opened a huge can of worms, that has made the entire world appear even more sinister and corrupt than I, a cynical, mistrusting, anti establishment, humane, freedom loving person, already expected.

I wish to tip my hat to Jane Mayer for exposing the hidden hands that manipulate our society for the benefit of the wealthy few, at the expense of the many and the planet itself.

After reading most of the book, I now cringe and tremble at many stories in the daily newspapers, which normally would have flown under my radar, yet now jump out of the pages and slap me around the face, stomp on my head, and kick my teeth in, as being absolutely blatantly obvious, think tank propaganda, shielding the conservative right wing from blame, secretly funded by big oil, big tobacco, big pharma, big accounting, and introducing and feeding the masses with policies ultimately created by these ultra wealthy mafias, using philanthropy to undermine, and dictate social governmental policy aimed at ultimately, reducing taxation for the wealthy, reducing socialism and the welfare state, deregulating all businesses regardless of the cost to the planet, reducing to a skeleton the powers of the govt, and basically giving big business and trade the run of the mill, with only one real law remaining..... to protect people and their property. (to protect them)

These scheming billionaire control freaks, have VERY LONG TERM PLANS, that involve building departments on top college campuses to capture the intellectual elite whilst they study, their tentacles reach and coordinate their ideas throughout the entire globe, and they have the funds to buy the presidency, to buy prime ministerships, universities, think tanks.... you name it... they can buy it over a period of time.

The right wing media work hand in hand with these corrupt think tanks, pumping the agenda of the fringe radical few, and making it look like it is the general consensus, UNTIL IT IS ...THE GENERAL CONSENSUS.

I have been shocked and horrified by what i have read in the pages of this book, and everyone needs to be made aware of what is BLATANTLY occurring.

That what has emerged from these billionaire radicals over the last century, is a ROBUST, WORKING BLUEPRINT which is a proven method by which a handful of ultra wealthy, dictate and form our world for their own benefit, which is basically all about making them more and more and more money, and enabling their businesses to thrive by controlling the govt and brainwashing the people to fit their personal agendas.

If you are not inside, you are outside. ...more "

Dec 28, 2020 10:25PM · see review

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“To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

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“So if you don’t fit in; if you feel at odds with the world; if your identity is troubled and frayed; if you feel lost and ashamed, it could be because you have retained the human values you were supposed to have discarded. You are a deviant. Be proud.”
― George Monbiot, How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature

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