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Mark S Griffith's avatar

Courage is the rarest of the virtues. Conversely, cowardice is the most common vice.

And with all due respect to Albert Einstein, he famously said that compound interest was the greatest force on earth. I think the case can be made that it is actually PEER PRESURE that is the greatest force on earth. Hence, when you acknowledge these universal and eternal truths, you see what we saw during Covid. And what we are seeing now with the media and most of the public's willingness to go along with some of the most obvious and ridiculous lies we have ever seen.

However, take heart. Both courage and cowardice are contagious. Decide today if you are going to have courage and be an inspiration the next time they tell you something dumb and stupid like you have to wear a mask to go into a store. DON'T DO IT!!! Don't follow! LEAD!!!

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Neal Rogachefsky's avatar

Really good essay. When I hear pundits use phrases like “threat to our Democracy” and “we need to reign in disinformation and misinformation” it helps to remind myself that North Korea’s official name is “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”.

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