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0 01i01b00All this information is sandwiched between thick slices of polemic. The wide-eyed gusto does sometimes get a bit irritating: "Changing the world is a team sport, and there's a spot on that team for every person on the planet." But if that type of thing sends an uncomfortable shiver through your jaded old bones, Steffen has a message specifically for you: "Cynicism is often seen as a rebellious attitude in western popular culture, but in reality, our cynicism advances the desires of the powerful: cynicism is obedience."02br
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02br 02br 00 No. Think more. 02br 02br 00 Cynicism is pessimism.

  • 02br 02br 00 No.
  • Think more.
  • 02br 02br 00 Cynicism is pessimism.
  • When you're pessimistic, your power of rebelling against the status quo is nil.
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