Would this system, if executed effectively, not leave the government pennyless?
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I can’t not read into the lyrics of that song specifically, after having learned about the Ace of Base’s founding member’s sordid past.
I wonder at what point in her life (before shaved head) did Britney realize that she was a pawn in everyone else’s game of the exploitation of her objectified self.
Sometimes I feel her 2002 hit film Crossroads is just an allegory for the world religions at odds with one another…
Britney is just too deep and misunderstood… right?
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Wow. That’s amazing.
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Well, have you seen Brewster’s Millions? I may put too much faith in movies, but the lesson I took from that is that it’s hard to spend obscene sums of money without accumulating more wealth, and if they can’t get down to that $10 million threshold, anything over it goes to the government.
Also that was just something I’ve been mulling over. I can’t imagine it happening or working in this fucked up world where greed is the highest virtue.
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Mr Candy and Mr Pryor are so missed right now.
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You mean the government that prints all the money? 
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The 80s produced a lot of pop culture celebrating obscene wealth for the sake of obscene wealth.
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Although, Brewster’s Millions goes back to a 1902 book, and the 1985 film was the seventh American version.
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Quick interjection. Anarchism doesn’t mean no rules; it means no rulers. It’s the other end of the spectrum from monarchy.
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For sure. Totally with you on that front, thanks for pointing that out, it’s an important distinction. I think where I’m coming from is that from time to time I’ve met some, shall we say, lifestyle-anarchist types who wouldn’t necessarily go along with the no no-rules thing.
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No coercion.
No gods.
No masters.
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Indeed. I’d make one distinction there though. Belief in gods, goddesses or other higher powers is compatible - even though I don’t personally believe in such - as long as it’s non-coercive.
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fuck me.
There were reports that a 72-year-old Italian priest who died from coronavirus gave up his ventilator. That didn’t happen.
D̶o̶n̶ ̶G̶u̶i̶s̶e̶p̶p̶p̶e̶ ̶B̶e̶r̶a̶r̶d̶e̶l̶l̶i̶ ̶r̶e̶e̶s̶t̶a̶b̶l̶i̶s̶h̶e̶d̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶f̶a̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶s̶i̶d̶e̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶’̶s̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶i̶g̶i̶o̶n̶.̶
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Just earlier this evening, in fact; I showed it to my teenager.
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I’d love to vote “None of the above”
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Charity is not Change
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Original or remake?
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That was a great movie. But it would take me less than a week to kill $10,000,000.
