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Part Two: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas

Behind the Bastards

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Was Saline - The Dangers of Recipient Initiated Charity

"I would like to present a spectrum of ways of engaging in power," says Rick and Morty creator. "The danger of all this revelry is that it lets out pent up aggression", he adds. The show shows how the rich give to the poor, but not based on anything other than making them feel good about themselves,. Then there's mutual aid, which is people giving freely amongst equals. And then there's recipient initiated charity, AKA, give me your shit.

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