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Groundless · 12-13-2007, 02:26 AM

Well, for starters my long-term money in IRA's and such are 85-90% foreign.

I am not sure what to do with our loss of freedom that will get worse in the US. I saw the Patriot Act as the harbinger of doom for our freedom.

Then again, it is all a delusion anyway.

***The unprecedented domination of work in American society, and the cult of placing one's career above and beyond all other considerations, has dehumanized the American people and turned them into collaborators.***

This is so very true. However, I would say more like sheep than collaborators. Being a collaborator implies activity and standing up for something. When you are so tired from eating food that sucks the life out of you and working a job that sucks the life out of you,, well, not much life is left for the person.

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Groundless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Here, Now Posts: 266	Well, for starters my long-term money in IRA's and such are 85-90% foreign. I am not sure what to do with our loss of freedom that will get worse in the US. I saw the Patriot Act as the harbinger of doom for our freedom. Then again, it is all a delusion anyway. *The unprecedented domination of work in American society, and the cult of placing one's career above and beyond all other considerations, has dehumanized the American people and turned them into collaborators.* This is so very true. However, I would say more like sheep than collaborators. Being a collaborator implies activity and standing up for something. When you are so tired from eating food that sucks the life out of you and working a job that sucks the life out of you,, well, not much life is left for the person. __________________ *This very moment is the perfect teacher, and lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go. -- Pema Chodron*