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Re:Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout to Protest Banned Pro... by cgarvis on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @07:27PM (#21209311)
“The Lessons of History” by Will Durant and Ariel Durant talks about the cyclical nature of history. They talk specifically about the cycles of control and chaos. How our liberties are only possible after a period of control.
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Re:Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout to Protest Banned Pro... by celticmusic on Monday October 14, 2019 @11:56AM (#21249648)
just a follow up, I found myself on a lakeside this weekend and took the opportunity to read the book.

Thank you again for recommending it, I really enjoyed the insights it had. I found the idea that democracies tend to end up dictatorships/authoritarianism to be extremely fascinating.

And the observation that market driven economies have happened in the past helped me realize current times are not nearly as unique as I believed.

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Re:Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout to Protest Banned Pro... by celticmusic on Thursday October 10, 2019 @09:33AM (#21214220)
Thank you for the recommendation, I just purchased that book on Amazon.

I'm not generally interested in history, but this particular topic interests me due to the changes I've seen in just my lifetime.

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