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Tag Archives: power
Pride and Governments
I’ve done a lot of thinking over the years about systems of government and I’ve come to one conclusion: they ALL fail to one extent or another. Why do they fail? There’s a myriad of reasons; surely, some are specific … Continue reading
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Tagged America, capitalism, classism, commentary, communism, compassion, congress, contemplation, corporations, Democracy, Earth, homelessness, inhumanity, need, plutocracy, politics, poor, poverty, power, violence, world
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Two Nickels
The dreaming of the rain is bright, far lighter than the prickly slumber of wood. I could never know his dreams; I only sometimes knew his mind. Thunderheads blotting out the stars of a Summer’s night, ice crystals telegraphing rainbows around … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescence, childhood, love, poetry, power, prose, rebellion, regret
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Children on the Playground of the World
I look at the events of the world today, and throughout all of human history, and I can’t help but think that we are like children on the playground of the world. Some of us are bullies, some are the … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Africa, America, Arab Spring, austerity measures, Black Power, capitalism, China, CIA, Cold War, communism, contemplation, Cuba, economic policies, foreign policies, inhumanity, Muslims, nations, plutocracy, policies, politics, power, Republicans, resources, Russia, terrorism, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Worker's Rights
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pawns, peasants and slaves
Imagine this: the concept of owning a slave surfaced like a boil on the face of the planet 12,000 years ago. Certainly it was not when bipedal males of the genus Homo habilis were developing stone tools over 2 million … Continue reading
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Tagged acid throwing, amendment, ancestors, bride burning, cheap, collaboration, collateral damage, commentary, conflict minerals, contemplation, corporations, debt, debt bondage, dowry, egalitarian, eve teasing, evolutionary, fear, global, historical, homo habilis, hunter/gatherer, IMF, institutionalized, interdependence, itinerant laborers, Jesus, landowner, legacy, marriage, mates, matriarchy, military campaigns, money, Neolithic, nomadic, offspring, opinion, patriarcy, pawnage, peasants, pimp, poor, power, prostitute, recycle, sex trafficking, slaves, societies, soil, subjugae, survival, taxes, violence, votiing rights, wealth
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Compassion الرحمة
حقا، والله هو الرحيم ومغرم الرحمة، وقال انه يعطي لالرأفة وما لا يعطي على قاسية “Verily, God is Compassionate and is fond of compassion, and He gives to the compassionate what He does not give to the harsh.” Do they … Continue reading →