So, lots of people are talking about authoritarians being a threat to democracy because of their attraction to dictatorial agents. However, I am more sanguine about what we are dealing with–lazycrats.
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One of stories of the day is poor Donald’s assertion that the “virus affects virtually nobody.” Where did he get that formulation? Technically speaking, no body can be affected by virtual reality or simulation. The internet is not affected by the virus. Was somebody providing a technical explanation that he simply misunderstood? Is the word as used an adjective or an adverb?
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Well, if there were a bona fide organization, it would be registered somewhere and known.
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I am struck by how many people find it necessary to announce how her demise makes them feel. It is as if the significance of any event is defined by a personal response.  Is this evidence of people being self-centered (man is the measure of all things) or of an inability to perceive the world dispassionately?

This has been a great learning experience. The current administration signals the end of the importance of political parties/factions, the commercialization of hiring public servants, and the illusion that “public servant” is some sort of euphemism.

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Sorry, Ms. Maddow, you are wrong. Under the Constitution, minor children are considered property and have no rights. When their parents are adjudged to have abandoned them and neglected to provide proper care, the children are removed by social workers and placed in foster care situations and made available for adoption, if anybody else wants them.
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