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The gathering crisis in the UK

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Re: The gathering crisis in the UK

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I am reminded of the story of the fat cat that I recently read in a Brothers Grimm collection. In case it is not familiar to you: A cat and a mouse decide to team up and store up some surplus food for hard times. They agree during abundant times to both put a little extra fat into a shared pot. They then store the pot in a safe place. The cat, however, is overcome by hunger even in the abundant times. Every few weeks…

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Re: The gathering crisis in the UK

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always wonder why balkanization is described as "desperate" or some other extremely bad thing.

The war in former Yugoslavia was pretty horrible and they're by no means over it.

But how much of that was caused by the invention of "Yugoslavia" in the first place?
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