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PatSeg

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18. The money people

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #17)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 11:15 PM

Dec 2025

tend to drown out those with passion for higher ideals. Our society has enabled the greedy for far too long and set them up as something to aspire to. It has become a part of our Western mythology.

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Too much in our culture is about money and profits PatSeg Dec 2025 #16

Precisely why I have called it the United States of Extortion for years SheltieLover Dec 2025 #17

The money people PatSeg Dec 2025 #18

What would it take, do you suppose, for our society to stop rewarding narcissists? SheltieLover Dec 2025 #20

It would take a huge apocalyptic style change PatSeg Dec 2025 #21

I believe you're correct SheltieLover Dec 2025 #22

We're on the same page PatSeg Dec 2025 #23

Yes, it appears that we are on the same page SheltieLover Dec 2025 #24

Always a pleasure! PatSeg Dec 2025 #25

Likewise! SheltieLover Dec 2025 #26

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