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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

The world needs fewer cynics and more skeptics.

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The world needs fewer cynics and more skeptics.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

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Classical cynics loved to ridicule society and exalt nature. Modern cynics ridicule society and exalt themselves.

A cynic that owns a mortgage and a 401k is a bigger imposter than the tourist wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt in the Mall of America.

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