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Figs in Winter

·Jan 9

Thanks for your comments, but what you call “actual freedom” is an impossibility. As for Orwellian newspeak, you either misunderstood my essay or have not read Orwell. Cheers.

It seems your application of stoicism within your own life is lacking.
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Ian Value

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