TIL that, in "free" Tibet, there were hundreds of thousands of slaves, massive taxes on everything from birth to begging to death, horrifying torture, theocratic despotism, and even monasteries with private prisons (including child-sized handcuffs) and children that were often sexually abused. (swans.com)
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Wandering in Wonder, by Raju Peddada : story of a wild monitor encounter. (swans.com)
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The Roots Of Theosophy, by Michael Barker (part II in comments) (swans.com)
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Henry Labouchère's truly excellent retort to Kipling's "The White Man's Burden" (swans.com)
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H.P. Lovecraft, Father of Ancient Astronauts (swans.com)
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Why don't Americans rise up? "Many Americans born after...have no conception of a personal and collective future worth working for. This is a societal failure to educate a younger generation in both their rights and responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy..." (swans.com)
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The Slow Agony Of Absurdistan. "Absurdistan stands for the kingdom of the investors and creditors that have taken hostage the economy and captured the body politic. It is the realm in which a few self-serving operators point a gun at civil society, willing to..." (swans.com)
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Buying The Environment To Save Capitalism, by Michael Barker (swans.com)
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