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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGNS3nRDjvk&feature=shareUpdated Apr 11, 2020, 11:13 AM
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-11 11:13:00 UTC

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Source date (UTC): 2020-04-10 20:38:00 UTC

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Source date (UTC): 2020-04-10 20:37:00 UTC

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Fiction is entertainment. Literature is philosophy in slow motion. philosophy is theology in disguise of literature. science, economics, and law – well, that’s for grownups. Math is for grownups who like to make other grownups feel dumb. 😉
“Stupid” reveals itself in the abstracts.
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-10 20:01:00 UTC
—“there exists such a thing as better people. unfortunately, people contest this.”—Micah Pezdirtz
—“To acquire virtue one must first have the the capacity and the desire. More so the desire.”— Anon
—“Virtue isn’t an accident. It’s an acquired skill.”– Anon
—“We never know if a man is good until after he is dead”– Montaigne
Translated: Work at it. But, as long as we are still living, we have opportunity to screw it all up. 😉
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NATION VS STATE VS COUNTRY
Most common errors conflate nation (people), country (territory) and state (government) because the ‘natural’ order is that these are the same: a body of people, the territory they live in and the government they defend and operate it with.
HUMAN GROUP
individual > family > clan > tribe > nation > race > man
HUMAN RULES
norms (manners, morals, ethics) > laws > institutions, traditions > arts > myths > religions.
TERRITORY
Farm > village > town > city > county – province > country > state > federation (capital) > empire (core state, and capital) > civilization.
ORGANIZATION
father > pater familia (extended family or clan) > headman or chieftain (tribe of clans) > king(kingdom) of tribes > monarch(monarchy under christianity) > state (corporation over all) > federation (of states) > empire (heterogeneous states) > civilization.
LEADERSHIP
individual > family or clan > oligarchy (group) > democracy (most)
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-10 17:22:00 UTC

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Source date (UTC): 2020-04-10 16:42:00 UTC
DEAR NOOBS: “RENT SEEKING”
Has nothing to do with rental properties. 😉
RENT-SEEKING
In public choice theory as well as in economics, rent-seeking means seeking to increase one’s share of existing wealth without creating new wealth.
Simple Version: “Corruption from outside the government inside of inside the government.”
NOUN
1. the fact or practice of manipulating public policy or economic conditions as a strategy for increasing profits.
“cronyism and rent-seeking have become an integral part of the way our biggest companies do business”
ADJECTIVE
1. engaging in or involving the manipulation of public policy or economic conditions as a strategy for increasing profits.
“rent-seeking lobbyists”
Rent-seeking results in reduced economic efficiency through misallocation of resources, reduced wealth-creation, lost government revenue, heightened income inequality, and potential national decline.
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