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ace, what about the socialism ingrained in American society despite the Red Scare? What about liberalism despite conservative politics? Is conservatism just ceremonial? What about a market that is regulated rather than purely free? Why isn't America a purely capitalist society? Why are there two political parties?
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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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