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John and Yoko

John and Yoko
Yoko Ono & John Lennon, New York City, 1973. Photo by Bob Gruen.

Genuine Hippie Sez:

Retire the Empire

Empires all have a shelf life, it's natural. There comes a point when the wealth extraction will no longer cover the operating expenses.

Ours has passed its pull-date.

The question is: Do we fall back in an orderly fashion while we still can (ala the British) or plow forward until we experience a collapse (ala the Romans).

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