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Missing The Point | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 If the Founding Fathers were so smart why are they dead?
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PragAgnos | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @5e7f4176 
Because they knew it wasn't worth experiencing this.
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16065404 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @5e7f4176 They're dead because they're smart.

Dead people don't pay taxes or go to work or suffer the unending, grating burden of consciousness.