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Political writer-educator Michael Meurer shares inspiring stories about citizens Reimagining Politics https://t.co/a6TXTqque1
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Reimagining Politics, highlighting new models of citizens innovation that are revolutionizing politics worldwide in 2026. https://t.co/NZpGA48aVe
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“Without reflection or analysis, we feel that what is inexpensive is unworthy.” Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class #Veblen #LeisureClass
#ConspicuousConsumption
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Giovanni Arnolfini & his Bride. The dog in the painting is a symbol of fidelity, French fidélité, hence the common canine name Fido.
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A very good if brief dialogue about the Trumpian lancing of the festering wound that is US politics. https://t.co/VUYdwGy0FU
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New York Times columnist David Brooks and Kimberly Atkins Stohr of the Boston Globe join William Brangham to discuss the year in politics, including President Trump's return to the White House and...
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“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” Niels Bohr https://t.co/pnpOPIX0MZ
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LIFE EXPECTANCY (approx) 1000 AD = 30 yrs 1500 AD = 40 yrs 2000 AD = 68 yrs 2025 AD = 74 yrs #Age
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WORLD POPULATION = 8.2B India = 1.46B China = 1.42B USA = 0.35B ———- 40% of global population 50% of global GDP
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Congress has a 17% approval rating. Half the electorate are registered as independents. 77 million eligible voters don’t vote. 63 million don’t even register. There is a de facto crisis of legitimacy, yet 92% of Americans want to make the nation better. https://t.co/pKGXZu9R2h
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In the US, a weary nation rejects the warmongering politics of carnival and spectacle
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TOPICS IN GOOGLE NEWS SEARCH HITS B=billion M=million *T=toxic ________ 60 Minutes 5.82B Ukraine 1.48B Venezuela 1.25B Economy 874M Epstein 263M Russel Brand 261M National Guard Chicago 150M Trump’s Economy 133M Trump warship 66.5M Bari Weiss 41.9M ________ All stories rated *T
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“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt.“ Robert Hughes #art #painting #writing #singing #composing #sculpting #designing #dancing #creating #BreakaLeg #CutOffYourEar
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“Bill Gates will walk down the road singing, while men and women weep.”– Robert Bly, The Sibling Society, 1996 https://t.co/ACsMxvmoB1
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“Real learning is not something added, it is a reorganization of the system…” ~Joanna Macy, “World as Lover, World as Self”
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"The beauty of a house is what remains when we remove its stones." Plotinus
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John Locke & Jeremy Bentham liberated acquisitiveness from its former stigma of moral reprehensibility. The resultant desacralization of life removed any need to justify the logic of capitalism. Heilbroner, The Nature & Logic of Capitalism
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CHRISTMAS 2021 The fragility & cultural-political rot at the core of modern civilization has been thrown into jarring relief. Denial is no longer an option. Yet the artistic spirit presaged this moment long before the last global decimation. https://t.co/BlJDYVICsO
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“We are paying the price of an arrogance that refuses to recognize mystery.” Gabriel Marcel From “A Cry for Life in a Broken World” https://t.co/S9EFc3cbyy
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This guy wants new laws to “target those who spread hate, division & radicalisation.” What could go wrong? #Australia
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