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The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.

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In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.
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Academic Clerical Professor Routine Work World
Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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Bring Build Deep Ever Exist History Now Once Point
The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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Accept Disobedience Godfather Money Not Pay Protection Small Storekeeper
Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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Creation Even Free Interpretation Involve Process Use
They come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
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Accept Anger Come Elite Government Recognition Reject
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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Agent Impose Institution Moral More People Powerful Standard State
I didn’t pay my taxes for years.
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My Pay Tax Year
It matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contempt for the normal – hardly inspiring – standards of political conduct.
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Conduct Contempt Evasion Matter Maze Normal Point Political Standard
The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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Election Industry Run Same Sell Television Toothpaste
The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
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Childcare Credit Make Sense Some Tax
By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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By Large Most Oppose Politics Population
Sometimes I lose my temper.
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Lose My Sometimes Temper
You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
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Cannot Consumption Control Distract Population
The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.
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Apocalyse Contemplate Equanimity Estimate High Person Probability Realistic Same Surely Too
Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
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Country Immediate Make Separate State Sure Two United
In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
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Bail Case Environment No One Out

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