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“Mass imprisonment generates profits as it devours social wealth, and thus it tends to reproduce the very conditions that lead people to prison. There are thus real and often quite complicated connections between the deindustrialization of the economy—a process that reached its peak during the 1980s—and the rise of mass imprisonment, which also began to spiral during the Reagan-Bush era.”
― Are Prisons Obsolete?
― Are Prisons Obsolete?
“As I got older, I also found myself agreeing more with Nietzsche, as is no doubt inevitable once your plumbing starts to fail.”
― Soumission
― Soumission
“Nietzsche lampooned the romantics of his day (a half century later), noting that "they muddy the waters to make them look deep.”
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“They insist upon the shaving of the moustache, I think, in order that they may accustom the young men to obedience in the most trifling matters.”
― Complete Works of Plutarch
― Complete Works of Plutarch
“In the year 1819 an act of Parliament was proposed limiting the labor of children nine years of age to four-teen hours a day. This would seem to have been a reasonable provision, likely to have won the approval of Christ; yet the bill was violently opposed by Christian employers, backed by Christian clergymen. It was interfering with freedom of contract, and therefore with the will of Providence; it was anathema to an established Church, whose function was in 1819, as it is in 1918, and was in 1918 B. C., to teach the divine origin and sanction of the prevailing economic order.”
― The Profits Of Religion
― The Profits Of Religion
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. Physique Physik Fysica Fizyka Физика Fisica فیزیک Φυσική
fiftyfiftyme
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— last activity Feb 22, 2014 08:26AM
A cultural challenge- commit to reading 50 books (and watching 50 movies) -- all new to you- during 2012.
Ancient World
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— last activity May 28, 2023 11:30AM
For those who love books about the pre-Christian era. Anywhere. Group is new and welcomes all comers, and ideas.
Economic History
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— last activity Mar 06, 2014 11:56AM
For people who want to learn abut the people, places and events that had major roles in creating the modern economic world.
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