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  1. Mar 2024
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    Why the World of Typewriter Collectors Splits Down the Middle When These Machines Come Up for Sale
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    1. chrisaldrich 19 Mar 2024
      a typewriter with the “special key” is no more or less odious than one without; it is just a matter of the meanings we humans impart upon it.
      • consider too that the originators don't benefit though compare this with the seller who may have that sentiment benefiting.
      semantics meaning inanimate objects typewriters sentimentality cui bono?
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  3. Sep 2022
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    Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty
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    1. chrisaldrich 26 Sep 2022
      Could the maintenance of these mythsactually be useful for particularly powerful constituencies? Does the contin-uation of these myths serve a purpose or function for other segments of theAmerican population? If so, who and what might that be?
      poverty politics open questions cui bono? misinformation public relations human resources

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