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freshwest

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4. Didn't he also coin the term 'predatory capitalism'? I felt it was the best description.
Thu May 2, 2013, 01:33 PM
May 2013

Many times, I am in awe at the depth of thought that flows out from these men. So many facets of life, sorted out and distilled, that come from solid humanitarian values and education. Their words are so different from the confident but generally ignorant and callous pronouncements of the right wing evangelicals, as to be from another world.

These concepts embody the ideals of the Enlightenment, despite the reported enmity between groups in Europe and America regarding Catholic versus Protestant or humanist thinking. I always find these thought provoking, and suited to us as Democrats.

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