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As a citizen of a country whose political contributions/donations cannot be financed by corporations, trade unions, associations and groups, and whose individual citizens are greatly limited in how much they can contribute, all I have to say is this: holy shit.
The power of influence has just gotten a shitload more powerful. Just when I thought the political process in the U.S. was circus-like enough....
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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