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Doesn’t matter. No one reads them. I constantly run into people that say the Civil War wasn’t about slavery. Then I ask them to read the Ordinances of Secession from each state that wrote one up and count the number of times slavery is mentioned as the reason they were splitting. Of course I never hear from them again because either they can’t admit they never read them or can’t admit after reading them that slavery was explicitly the cause listed in every single one.

For the record the South Carolina one has slavery mentioned 12 times.

So it will sit there and collect dust because no one is going read it.

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Even after accounting for selection bias, it’s remarkable how many of these still fit today. Go look at any other 1920s comic and try to find as many relevant bits as Mr. True offers. They were tapping into universal truths.

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I’m hoping that the important assets get sold to the Knowledge Fight podcast. They’d be the ones able to do the most good with them.

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Except in this case, much like with Trump, His business and his person were deeply intertwined. So the account is a business asset. And as such, it is subject to being an asset of the company. Maybe he should have separated them at some point.

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On the plus side her episodes weren’t three hours long.

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Oprah is responsible for Dr Oz, Dr Phil, and Jenny McCarthy. She is one of the most harmful people of the 21st century.

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Thank you for your informative reply. I will reconsider my life choices as a result. I hope that our next encounter isn’t as embarrassing for me.

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I looked, all I saw was someone with skin a little too smooth for their age but nothing out of the ordinary. She still looks like her but older. Other than the red carpet makeup I doubt most people would even register that work was done. You appear to be overly sensitive and should probably talk to a professional about whatever it is that’s really bothering you.

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Egypt didn’t use slaves to build the pyramids. They used paid skilled workers. We have their living areas and pay receipts. You are working with outdated information. Cathedrals cover a 1700 year period and multiple labor strategies. I’m sure some were built with slaves but the majority weren’t and slavery was all but absent for the majority of the period unless you count serfdom, but serfs didn’t have the skills to build them so they don’t count.

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