How positive thinking has undermined the US


	How positive thinking has undermined the US

beanz

10-26-2009 9:51 AM

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10-26-2009 3:43 PM

katsteevns

Creative Visualization is a whole philosophical money making industry of ignoring the bad if I am correct. Anyone know anything about it?

10-28-2009 5:14 AM

beanz

not specifically, no. I do know that the whole `think positive` thing is a crock and is a barrier to actually addressing societal problems.

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