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The major public goals in my life are intellectual goals. There are various philosophical things that I want to work on and work out.

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There are only individual people, different individual people, with their own individual lives. Using one of these people for the benefit of others uses him and benefits the others. Nothing more. What happens is that something is done to him for the sake of others. Talk of an overall social good covers this up.

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The chance to be seen as a warm, witty guy is too good an opportunity for a politician to miss.

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May 26, 2024

The chance to be seen as a warm, witty guy is too good an opportunity for a politician to miss.

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May 26, 2024

There are only individual people, different individual people, with their own individual lives. Using one of these people for the benefit of others uses him and benefits the others. Nothing more. What happens is that something is done to him for the sake of others. Talk of an overall social good covers this up.

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