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Hi Charlie, First time post from a long-time lurker so firstly want to thank you for running such an excellent community! Has there ever been any overtures to adapting any of your work for the big or small screen? How...
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Vanzetti commented on
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Using the history of Rome as an argument for or against ANYTHING in the 21st century is stupid....
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Bellinghman commented on
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Hah! It didn't stop the Fascists last century, why would you expect anything different now?...
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Dirk Bruere commented on
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When 95% of the population are unemployed or in make-work schemes, Basic Income is going to be the only alternative to some real horrors....
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Greg. Tingey commented on
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Bellinghman said it .... or in my version: "What can the ancient Greeks teach us anything about phiolosophy of politics?" Yes, well - "history is bunk" Except when it isn't ........
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PrivateIron commented on
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Re: the ongoing meme of slave-holding as a motivation in the American Revolution. The British believed that Loyalism was strongest in the South. Whether that was true or not, they believed it and then perversely started to try freeing slaves to fight for them as well. Large numbers of Northern slaves were manumitted by service in the Colonial Army. Vermont became a quasi-state at the time and started completely free. A small majority of Americans began turning away from slavery as a practice consistent with modern civilization as well as democracy at about the same time and pace as their...
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