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Old 03-06-2021, 02:59 PM   #345 (permalink)
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nah.. I dont think that is more accurate

Cause you didn't have the coconuts in the first place. Sometime else just got to them before you and you're suggesting the coconuts belong to everybody... Which is what Vaush is also suggesting.

I get the point of the analogy but I've never once seen it used effectively to convince someone lol
I don't think that's what his point was. I think he was specifically only referring to trade and loans to deal with one specific point without muddling the conversation with colonialism and the CIA.
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