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   His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:   
   > We in the West got no role model. Germany though has survived   
   > Globalization, and if it wasn't for Greece could be laughing about the   
   > rest of the world. They have low unemployment, they export more than   
   > America --having 1/5 the population. They have universal healthcare,   
   > they have place for the fast and slow --from the autobahn to bike   
   > lanes-- that provide safety and freedom for the small fish. They   
   > brought down the Berlin Wall, while we erect walls around the Gated   
   > Communities. It sounds almost Utopian to the rest of the world as we   
   > enter the mother of all capitalist crises.   
   >   
   > I saw something yesterday that means we are broke in the moral sense   
   > (as well as the financial sense). I was in this busy sidewalk in my   
   > community and this young man that looked like Superman let his big dog   
   > do shit in the middle of it and kept walking as if nothing. I bet that   
   > doesn't happen in Germany. Anyway, my community is full of shit,   
   > perhaps because it is not a gated community.   
   >   
   > Then the Wise Man must retire into his garden --not unlike Epicurus--   
   > and set up a hammock, pondering about the fate of the world. The   
   > singing birds signal there's hope.   
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