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Sunday, 30 October 2022

The ultimate stage of absurdity. Thomas Sowell

 
 
Thomas Sowell
⁦‪@TheThomasSowell‬⁩
Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?
 
29/10/2022, 7:18 am
 
 



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