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Neocolonialism is great. It gives us cheap, disposable clothes and electronics, among other things.
Of course, it's also why I try not to laugh when I see media coverage talking about North Americans and "tough times." You know, when they have to start paying more at the pump.
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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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