Why we can't have nice things

The problem is poor people wanting to eat and have medical care.

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Pricknick's picture

I'm so glad you decided not to limit your postings and essays gjohn.
Trillions are now like tribbles.
They multiply out of nowhere.

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Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.

mimi's picture

to count til 12 to get it right. Journalists and the Pentagon may consider that ...

zero beats
I could see the whole Pentagon dancing to that beat ... Wink

But even if you can count til 12 you still might to get it wrong, because you need to know in which language you did the counting.

German
eine Million (six zeros)
eine Milliarde (nine zeros)
eine Billion (12 zeros)
eine Trillion (15 zeros)

vs. English
one million (six zeros)
one billion (nine zeros)
one trillion (12 zeros)
one ...whatever it is then

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The Aspie Corner's picture

We could have nice things if we really wanted to, we just choose to live on our knees because to do otherwise is soshlizum. And we all know how much 'Murica hates that. They'd rather live as Tennessee Ernie describes here instead.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joo90ZWrUkU]

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Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.

Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.