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		naasking on April 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ageing studies in five animals suggests how to rev... I disagree. A bad situation can be ignored, a catastrophic situation cannot. This inevitably leads to revolutions.

fauxpause_ on April 14, 2023 [–]

And that is why the world no longer has any long lasting oppressive regimes. Oh wait…

naasking on April 15, 2023 | [–]

Actually we don't. Of course we probably have different conceptions of what's considered "long lasting" in terms of civilizations, and even what constitutes "oppressive" to a catastrophic level, which was the context I specified.

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