Marianne Williamson

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Score 104
9/29/2024, 7:59:00 PM
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In reply to:
Moon King Yawaru
@Yawaru
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@marwilliamson Look, I get where you’re coming from but I think you’re overly optimistic about your appraisal of the “American mind” people want simplicity and we also have an economy that reinforces that simplicity, and that dumb oafish part of America is the American character too.
Marianne Williamson
@marwilliamson
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167d
@Yawaru On that, we agree. I'd just argue that the two points aren't mutually exclusive. The closing of the American mind, the surrender of critical thinking, is itself at odds with our essential nature. I still see that nature expressed in other areas. Our national character is still…
Moon King Yawaru
@Yawaru
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167d
@marwilliamson I’m well aware of the corporate capture of a capitalist country, completely to be expected. At what point do Americans raised in the American educational system, working in the American economy, take accountability for not really paying attention to who they vote for?
Marianne Williamson
@marwilliamson
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167d
@Yawaru Because the corporate coup of our political system has blocked the actual practice of a genuinely representative democracy. The corruption of our political system is at odds with the basic decency of the American people.
Moon King Yawaru
@Yawaru
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167d
@marwilliamson I think that attitude is toxic positivity, why do you think Americans are above the exact behavior they exhibit? Hubris isn’t tragic.
Marianne Williamson
@marwilliamson
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167d
@Yawaru American politics today is the *opposite* of a reflection of the American character; that's what's so tragic.

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