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ProfessorGAC

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4. I Read The Article

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:21 PM

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I'm also a boomer.
I see lots of broad conclusions & conjecture disguised as analysis.
One of his solutions is appropriation of wealth. Does not come close to defining at which point wealth is appropriated.
Also missing is any interaction between working longer than necessary as a function of chasing wealth & power and a simple life necessity.
If those two subgroups were separated, I believe it would damage his thesis.
Color me unimpressed.

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