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Coronavirus Shows Why America needs a Basic Income

Moreover, people will not be afraid to stay home or miss work. Instead, they will have the resources to survive.

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Neoliberalism is a Bubble

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 daniel Are Neoliberal Politics a Bubble?, cultural dignity, Is Neoliberalism Over?, Is Neoliberalism Unsustainable?, Is the Neoliberal Bubble Bursting?, Is the Technocracy Bubble Beginning?, managerial elite, Neoliberal Bubble, Neoliberalism is a Bubble, Technocracy Bubble, Technology and the Neoliberalism Bubble, The Bubble Theory of Recent History, The Neoliberal Bubble

However, the Neoliberal Bubble; like all bubbles, burst during the Great Economic Meltdown of 2007-2008.

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Reasons to Read Lists of Doom

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 daniel Lists of Doom, Why you need to Read Lists of Doom

Lists of Doom is the greatest listicle publication on Medium. Note: as far we know Lists of Doom is the only

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How the Woke Wars Threaten Human Rights

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 daniel How the Woke Warriors violate Human Rights, How the Woke Wars Threaten Human Rights, the Woke Censors, The Woke War on Human Rights, the Woke Warriors, the Woke Wars

The Woke Warriors are not throwing people into dungeons, torturing, or building concentration camps. However, you can make a strong case that the Woke Warriors violate human rights.

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What Everybody Gets Wrong about the Aztecs

February 15, 2020February 15, 2020 daniel Mexica, The Mexica, What Everybody Gets Wrong about the Aztecs

The Cortés as a god story was probably invented by 18th Century Scholars misinterpreting Mexica writings, Townsend speculates. Townsend writes it was an earlier explorer Juan de Grijalva Mexicans mistook for Quetzalcóatl. Plus, Quetzalcóatl was not a major Mexica deity, Townsend notes.

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What can Jeff Bezos do with $130 Billion?

February 15, 2020February 15, 2020 daniel Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Amazon income, Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN), How Jeff Bezos could spend his $130 Billion, Income Inequality, Jeff Bezos

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was worth $129.9 billion on 15 February 2020, Forbes estimates. Consequently, Bezos is the world’s richest man

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Hitler’s Greatest Mistakes

February 9, 2020February 9, 2020 daniel 2. Not Invading England, 3. Invading Russia, 4. Allying himself with Benito Mussolini, Declaring War on the United States, evil genius, History proves Hitler was no evil genius, Hitler was no evil genius, Hitler’s Greatest Mistakes, Some of Hitler’s Greatest Mistakes in World War II Include:

The Nazis lost World War II because most of the decisions Hitler made were wrong. Far from being an evil genius, the real Hitler was a stupid and arrogant fool and a terrible strategist.

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The Banana Wars: plundering Central America for fruit

February 2, 2020February 2, 2020 daniel Banana Wars, Conquering Honduras for Bananas, El Pulpo: United Fruit the Octopus of Bananas, High-Class Muscle for Big Business the Marines in the Banana Wars, The Banana Wars, The Banana Wars: plundering Central America for fruit, The CIA and the Last Banana War

The coup was successful. Bonilla rewarded his friend Zemurray by granting the Cuyamel Fruit Company a monopoly and ending the tax.

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Movie Characters based on Historical Figures

February 1, 2020February 3, 2020 daniel 1. Napoleon III and the Emperor Palpatine (Darth Sidious), 2. The Emperor Palpatine and the Sultan Mahmud II, 3. Tony “Iron Man” Stark and Howard Hughes Jr., 4. Citizen Kane, and Horace Tabor, is similar to the name Napoleon., Movie Characters based on Historical Figures, Palpatine is the most prominent movie character whose career mirrors that of a major historical figure. Even the name Palpatine, William Randolph Hearst Sr.

Palpatine is the most prominent movie character whose career mirrors that of a major historical figure. Even the name Palpatine, is similar to the name Napoleon.

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Avoiding the Anger Game

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 daniel “no assholes” rule, anger addiction, Anger Game, Assholes and the Anger Game, Avoiding the Anger Game, Diffusing the Anger Games, How the Anger Game Works, How to Avoid the Anger Game, How to Break the Anger Cycle, professional angry people, proper response to anger, the Anger Game, The Lies of Anger, The Proper Response to Anger

Ultimately, angry people want three things: attention, sympathy, and justification. When you play the anger game, you give the angry person what he or she craves most.