"Buddhanature is the innate primordial freedom of the mind, which is naturally imbued with wisdom, compassion, power, and bliss." Karl Brunnholzl Capitalism is, or is soon to become a dying economic practice (system). The reasons are certainly many, complex, and interconnected. But the primary reason is that capitalism, particularly in the USA, has become entirely focused on increased productivity to maximize profits and increase shareholder's stake, ie increase the wealth of individual shareholders. Which means in truth, as well as in straight talk, to insure that the real (and obscene) wealth is funneled to and concentrated in the top 1 or 2 percent of the nation. When self interest becomes the driving force behind every decision, and selfishness essentially becomes a "virtue" as it is with folks like Trump, then the footing on which a society stands on begins to crumble. Which is precisely the situation America is finding itself in today. In these pr
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ReplyDeleteWhy are you playing a seven part series on radical Islam? Anyone who would follow your blog in the first place knows all about radical Islam. Yes. It's terrible. We know. We know. It is not an existential threat to all humanity, let alone America. It's just the most annoying of the three great monotheistic faiths.
JMJ
>>It is not an existential threat to all humanity, let alone America.
ReplyDeleteSorry, did I read that correctly? I fear your words have just struck me stupid. I am even now losing IQ points just be re-reading such nonsense.
JMJ - Posting precisely because there are those like you you who haven;t a clue.
ReplyDeleteHopefully some will change their mind and realize the extreme threat it presents to our republic and democracies around the world.
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