Money is not real. It is a conscious agreement on measuring value.

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The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance....

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance....

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and...

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and...

Marx was fortunate to have been born eighty years before Walt Disney. Disney also promised...

Marx was fortunate to have been born eighty years before Walt Disney. Disney also promised...

Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything.

Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything.

Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk...

Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk...

Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day.

Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day.

Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God...

Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God...

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit....

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit....

Everyone has an equal right to inequality.

Everyone has an equal right to inequality.

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse...

Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death.

Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death.

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption.

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption.

Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy.

Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy.

Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as...

Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as...

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at...

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at...

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures...

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures...

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team...

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team...