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"Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination."
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"If only one generation takes action in raising their children as humans, rather than raising boys and girls, the future human civilization shall get rid of the sinister phenomenon of misogyny sooner than you can imagine."
"Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes."
"When you realise you are just as ridiculous & just as #special as everyone else, you love them all."
"Today we must remove distinctions of high and low, rich and poor, caste or creed."
"If a man chooses to be promiscuous, he may still turn up his nose at promiscuity. He may still demand a woman be faithful to him, to save him from his own lust. But women have lust, too. Why should they be relegated to the position of custodian of emotions, watcher of the infants, feeder of soul,body and pride of man?"
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"It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure."
"Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place."
"If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny."
"Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off."
"Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications."
"The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting."
"It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on."
"I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay."
"Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver."
"Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours."
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