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Wendy's avatar

This reminds me of captive elephants. When they are very young, they put heavy chains around an ankle that they are unable to break free of. As the elephant grows older, it stops attempting to break free of the chain. By the time the elephant is an adult, it only needs to have a rope around its leg because of the conditioning since a young 'un. Humans show no difference while claiming superiority.

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Good analogy!

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Gene Wood's avatar

We are in for a ride for certain … maybe I’m living in utopia, I think there’s more resistance out THERE than we realize .. and it will grow when people start to realize what’s happening …

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Walter Rhein's avatar

I hope so.

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Untrickled by Michelle Teheux's avatar

How can I find this in text form Walter?

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Thanks Michelle! I did an alternate version for Medium:

https://medium.com/cultured-network/why-you-better-try-to-enjoy-your-last-christmas-in-a-free-country-cda5b087592a

I’ve been doing more of my writing in podcast form first, then creating an article out of it. Every version is slightly different.

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Wendy's avatar

There is a Transcript button under the author. It's the line that has the number of likes and comments. It's over to the right. It's what I use instead of listening.

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Richard Kolsby's avatar

Excellent summary of how fucked we are - I love your thoughts

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Thank you Richard!

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Fred Johnson's avatar

Excellent.

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Thank you!

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Pharmboy's avatar

🤣😂🤣 that would've been Christmas 1963. The Republic fell just a month and a half previous. At 60, I have been a free man in a supposedly free country my entire existence. I sense an alarming degree of tribalism here.

You are insinuating that corporate oligarchy enabled fascism is better than totalitarian despotism in a statistically significant way. Nope.

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Who are you responding to?

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Pharmboy's avatar

You, obviously.

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