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Jun 2008
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June 13, 2008 Alan Watt "Cutting Through...

ALAN WATT ( CUTTINGTHROUGHTHEMATRIX.COM & ALANWATTSENTIENTSENTINEL.EU )
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--{ "Long-Laid Plans of Men and Mice Bring Corruption, Bureaucracy, Vice, If Left to Hegel, Nietzsche and Darwin, The Rich would Live, The Rest be Starvin' " © Alan Watt }-- European Union, Public Vote - Capitalism, Communism, Fascism. Hegel, Dialectic - Coming "Superman" - Military Strategy - Economics, Materialism - Making a "Star" - Charles Darwin. ... Show More
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