Two wrongs do not make a right, but three rights can make a left!
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When opinions are criticized, we are told that every one is entitled to have an opinion even if it is wrong. Unless, of course, you disagree with this.
Over the years there have been many examples of corporations acting irresponsibly, unethically, illegally in pursuit of profit. About 100 years ago, United Fruit turned most of Central America into their own private banana plantation. They did it through suborning corrupt local government and if that didn't work well enough they called for the US Marines. The tobacco industry's efforts to increase the nicotine addictiveness levels of their product to ensure customers remained faithful consumers, buying research to discredit studies that proved smoking was hazardous and advertising strategies to recruit kid smokers are familiar to everyone. Another splendid example is DeBeers and diamonds. Mountains full of diamonds were discovered in the Transvaal Republic. The resulting diamond rush led to a predictable influx of immigrants, black, white and asian into the Transvaal, including a Brit named Cecil Rhodes who managed through various means to buy up most of the dia
Liberal democracies buy their stuff. Liberal democracies provide a wide variety of opaque financial instruments to hide their wealth. Liberal democracies sell them the technology and weapons they need to stay in power. Liberal democracies abide by the rule of law, in other words with the right lawyers it is possible to get away with just about anything. If things go south at home, somewhere in the liberal democratic world a safe haven will be provided for the right price. What's not to love?
The Siberian Shaman Humanity's original religion was probably Animism. Animists believe that all things living or dead have spirits, even inanimate objects like rocks, trees, rivers and motorcycles. Animals hunted and killed for food, or trees cut down for construction projects have spirits too. It is OK to to kill the deer or cut down the oak but their spirits must be treated with proper respect. The Redneck has been bitten, burned, tripped, and smacked by just about every inanimate object or living thing he failed to treat with respect. Animism remains the religion of choice in remote inhospitable environments from the high arctic to steaming jungles and arid deserts, places where a good deal of respect for the things around you are needed for survival. You might be a closet animist if you swear at hammers that hit your thumb, or if you gave your car a name other than the manufacturer or registry office supplied one. According to Wikipedia, if asked for their religion,
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