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The Brothers Krynn's avatar

Fascinating essay, I do believe we're declining in terms of this Faustian Period, though I wonder if maybe it can be arrested at the national level rather than entering into the city-state. I mean might it not be possible for some nations such as Japan or France to remain as they are in some capacity?

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Copernican's avatar

I don't know. I suspect it'll be arrested at the sub-national level. So the scale of "states" and "provinces" acting as partially untethered entities.

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The Brothers Krynn's avatar

Hmm, good point hopefully it’ll put an end to the modern-state kleptocratic tendencies and see nations return to what they were always meant to be.

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Jake Gless's avatar

smallchin did you go to college

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Copernican's avatar

DO YOU HAVE THE SHEET OF PAPER, DO YOU HAVE IT? YOU'RE NOT A CREDENTIALED EXPERT. YOU NEED CREDENTIALS! BETTER HAVE THAT SHEET OF PAPER! PAY FOR IT. I'M SO OLD IT WAS A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT YOU SHOULD PAY THOUSANDS. BE CREDNTIALED. UNLESS YOU HAVE THE DIPLOMA PAPER YOU MUST BE STUPID!

Progressives are tiresome. Small-minded bigots the lot of them.

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Jake Gless's avatar

you could’ve spared the capslock and just typed no

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