Non-Fiction

bemildred

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14. That is true, all of it.

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:39 PM

Jan 2013

A lot of worrying about "excess of democracy" among the founders, and still with us.

I used to not understand (when I was a kid) when these racist neanderthals would start going on about liberty and freedom and property, that they meant THEIR liberty and freedom and THEIR property, not any general human rights or freedoms or liberties, THEIRS, the people who have property and therefore have rights, to keep what they have and take more.

Rights belong to people with property, people with no property have no rights either. And is that not how it is?

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"Thinking Fast and Slow" -- Kahneman [View all] bemildred Jan 2013 OP

Now that's left-handed compliment for sure! Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #1

I like Mr. Diamond, but lets face it, he's a scientist, not a writer. bemildred Jan 2013 #2

Some scientists are good writers... Neoma Jan 2013 #3

Yes, they are, but it is not the way to bet. nt bemildred Jan 2013 #5

I read Guns, Germs & Steel several years ago... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #4

I've read the first two. bemildred Jan 2013 #6

For which books are the perfect formula! Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #7

Neanderthals. bemildred Jan 2013 #8

LMAO... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #9

Yeah, I don't think anybody thought twice about it until we invented property. bemildred Jan 2013 #10

Exactly! Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #11

Slavery was a curse, and it remains a curse. bemildred Jan 2013 #12

It's not just slavery.... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #13

That is true, all of it. bemildred Jan 2013 #14

That's how it is. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #15

I've read your sig line, have you read mine? bemildred Jan 2013 #16

I like your sig line very much.... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #17

I find that a difficult question to resolve, what to think of his performance so far. bemildred Jan 2013 #18

I think in terms of a bigger picture and a longer time line. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #19

Yes. bemildred Jan 2013 #20

A Psychology prof of mine Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #21

Great book caraher Jan 2013 #22