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Occamspiledriver
on Sep 16, 2017
Reviews & Essays
There are many statements made, particularly in the current political climate, that are often accepted as true. One of the most oft repeated is that"we [as a country] don't make things anymore." Another is that we have lost all our manufacturing jobs to outsourcing.
As to the first claim that "we don't make anything anymore" that is, to put it politely, a l...
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chloejacobs83
on Nov 27, 2018
BDSM
After our trial, and the girls-only celebration that lasted through the night, Wendy and I were given 3 days of rest and recovery restricted to the Rogonfeldt grounds. I did some writing. She and I were able to go on long walks. The other girls left us to rest up; the masters ignored us. They were busy with the other girls and, especially, with integrating R...
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kurtrellians
on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas
Chapter 1: The Far Eastern Gentleman's Offer
"You out of work?" asked the far eastern gentleman. He looked as if he was from China or Japan, or perhaps some other part of the Far East. The tables had turned over the years. Once the western nations had been economically predominant. They had invented the industrial revolution, and most of the scientific brea...
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Adrian Leverkuhn
on Oct 5, 2020
Novels and Novellas
Part V
Chapter 40
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After Callahan returned to work, Didi Goodman settled into a new, though somewhat less exciting routine. She continued to look after Callahan's accounts and to take care of the house in Davos, just as she had for well over a year now, but she also continued working for her father. In effect, then, she...
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SynapseFusion
on Apr 29, 2025
The recently enacted Fair Distribution of Wealth Law promises a significant shift in the economic landscape. Its core principle revolves around redistributing profits generated by successful companies. While a portion of those profits remain with the company for reinvestment and employee compensation, a larger share is pooled and then distributed equally amo...
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al_Ussa
on Sep 16, 2017
Reviews & Essays
"East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," or so wrote the illustrious Rudyard Kipling in his 'Ballad of East and West.' With all due respect to Kipling, however, the two have indeed met, and have been dancing a complicated exchange of goods, ideas and even people for many centuries now. And this cultural exchange applies to almost all...
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Science Fiction
Title: “Into the Breach”
PLOT: In a post-apocalyptic US, eight brave souls struggle to survive in a dystopian future. Will they survive, or will they succumb to the temptations the brave new world offers them?
SETTING: Former United States, near future. Resource Wars have pushed the country to the brink of secession. Militias and government troops fight over...
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FinalStand
on Sep 25, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
*Editing magic performed by KJ24 and Shyqash, plus contributions by the regular gang of brigands and neer-do-wells*
*A frightened Mother Mouse will devour her young; similarly, a frightened culture will devour its future*
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From the final scene in the cabin in Chapter 10
"I'm begging you; understand that it isn't the end of morality to stay. When the...
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Trom1806
on Apr 22, 2025
In the 21st century, unexpected surprises awaited the inhabitants of the planet Earth. These surprises were much larger and more unpleasant than anything that humanity had previously experienced throughout its history.
A series of regional economic crises that occurred during the 2030s grew into a large-scale global economic crisis that affected the vast maj...
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madengineer3
on Aug 30, 2017
Humor & Satire
Let me tell you about how I am going to vote in the next election. I'll also tell you why you should join me in backing the new progressive leader and his people.
Our nation has been in a severe economic recession. It is as severe as any that could be remembered by most living men. We have the worst economic situation that can be found almost anywhere. We h...
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