Power corrupts us . Absolute power . Isn't this concept more appropriate in a totalitarian context,of communist nature to be precise ? For America,and therefore the rest of the world,shouldn't we be speaking of absolute (free) capitalism ? And,all things considered,isn't Kurt Vonnegut quite happy to be living in that system? For with the excesses capitalism may produce also comes the diversity and freedom that characterizes American society . The Arabs did -not- invent the numbers we use.The Indo Europeans did.As well as the zero. It appeared in 458 AD in an indian cosmology treaty.Defined in 628 by Brahmagupta as the …
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