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#145 – Christopher Brown on why slavery abolition wasn't inevitable

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Slavery and Fossil Fuel Use: Not a Bad Comparison

Fossil fuels are a necessary part of our modern world, and will likely continue to be for some time./nIt was important for people to see fossil fuels as beneficial in order to make the transition away from them./nValues and ideals are not enough to make a change, it needs to be beneficial to important people.

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