@nextgreatread.bsky.social“Because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we all have become lazy. Lazy people are like cancer. They spread. Before you know it, the entire country is destroyed.”
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@nextgreatread.bsky.social“What man is really anti-progressive? For he is only anti-certain-people's-visions-for-the-future.”
@nextgreatread.bsky.social“He says that politics is a waste of time. Politics are? Politics is? Anyway, a waste of time. He says you should focus on your own sexual gratification.”
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@nextgreatread.bsky.social“The real question is: How sturdy and solid is the floor our civilization stands on? How many lives with no prospects, shattered and senseless, can it bear the weight of before it cracks somewhere or other, splits at the joints?”
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