The Three Languages Politics by Arnold Cling

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A, i want t jut come back to one thing you just said, and then i want to turn to street epistomology. A, i think the autonomy point is so powerful. Is so undervalued. The equals m c square of social science. Say it againoh, the fear of social death is great. But that the second piece o is is that, a, we cannot bear the feeling that we are controlled by others,. And we will cut off our nose, despite our face. An expression doesn't really make sense, but i think we all know what this means. We'll adopt harmful things like drinking or eating things that aren't good for us because we're

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