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Originally posted by NoError I don't know him too well, only that he is part of the dependency school of political economy. He was less defeatist than some of the other dependency theorists, though. He saw an important role for investment by multi-national corporations where the others didn't.

Interesting

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I <3 Lira's intellectual discussion threads.

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Thank you

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i think a place like the US just has a bigger bell curve (all the while dumbass reality tv shows and a president who speaks for himself are broadcast across the planet giving people the impression that's all that's there). so there's lots of dumbasses, in general tons of very intelligent and effective people (US still has the most productive economy on the planet, by far) and lots of intelligentsia.

in truth, the US still has the absolute highest technology (military, IT, space) in the world and hosts the most high quality (maybe even including the highest quality) universities on the planet.

and good for the US education, quality of life and economic markets have been growing across the globe. not saying it's american standards spreading but that the US set the bar for everyone to emulate.


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Originally posted by - T - not saying it's american standards spreading but that the US set the bar for everyone to emulate.

What bar? Seriously, here we bust our ass and still have nothing. You go to Europe and you work 35 hour work weeks and enjoy life.

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Originally posted by bas Dual exhaust tips on dual exhaust = QUAD EXHAUST = 300 gain in horsepower. Duh

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Originally posted by bas Undies with a dickhole aren't good for guys. Your balls can get caught in them. That's why I prefer to go over the gate instead of through the fence.

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Originally posted by Lira I read an interesting rant this morning that got me thinking. I often read that Americans pride themselves for being doers rather than thinkers, and that Pragmatism is related to that. Now, is this Pragmatism part of reason why there's this rampant wave of anti-intellectualism in the US? .just curious.. ps.: Keep in mind that I admire American thinking quite a lot, so this far from being a criticism.

This is what I believe the mass of America is...a mob...

"I think he [Commodus] knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate, it's the sand of the Colosseum. He'll bring them death…and they will love him for it." -Senator Gracchus (Gladiator)

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Originally posted by Lira Now, is this Pragmatism part of reason why there's this rampant wave of anti-intellectualism in the US?

honestly, i blame the internet.

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Originally posted by Lira I read an interesting rant this morning that got me thinking. I often read that Americans pride themselves for being doers rather than thinkers, and that Pragmatism is related to that. Now, is this Pragmatism part of reason why there's this rampant wave of anti-intellectualism in the US? .just curious.. ps.: Keep in mind that I admire American thinking quite a lot, so this far from being a criticism.

I think it has more to do with the deliberate dumbing down of America.

There's a post in the PDD which touches upon it.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On Americans pride themselves on lots of things.

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Quoting Lucien Foort House was ooit house. Een gevoel, een scene, een stroming die recalcitrant was. Waar je 's middags in Outland Records, Basic Beat, Hotsound of Kareltje netjes op je beurt wachtte om platen te scoren die je in de nacht ging horen. Waar als Roderick & Anne Fleur gingen hockeyen, Jack stoer verklaarde: “Laat er house zijn en housemuziek werd geboren”. Waar ongelovigen toch predikten “God made me funky, and I’m glad He blessed me this way”.

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Originally posted by Trancer-X I think it has more to do with the deliberate dumbing down of America. There's a post in the PDD which touches upon it.

I saw it, and I even added Hofstadter's book to my Christmas wish list

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am i politically disadvantaged?