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Chapter VII Humanity’s potential for Exaltation and Degradation (The Gandhi and
Machiavelli Smackdown)..................................117 Jesus sans steroids ...................................................................................122 Good seekers seeking value makers ........................................................132 Expedient principles ...............................................................................136 Gandhi gags Woody Allen......................................................................138 Pot dread-lock ........................................................................................140 Camels, lions and children ......................................................................144
Chapter IX The Ecstatic Joys
of Self-Righteousness..........................................165
Death Be Not Prudish ...........................................................................170 Swearing no heaven, praying no hell .......................................................173 Retiring Retirement ................................................................................176 Calibrating cockeyed optimism.................................................................179 Humans’ hairy conditioners....................................................................181 Contrarian Grammarians.......................................................................183
Chapter X Marrying Jesus
while Sleeping With Nietzsche........................187
Imperialistic self-sacrifice .........................................................................192 Martyring martyrdom .............................................................................194 Nurturing narcissism..............................................................................197
Just saying “Jump in the fire,”
doesn’t mean..........................................................................................202
Chapter XI Trade Capping Capitalism —
and Flooring It Too...............................................213
The end of the end of history.................................................................220 High priest pitchmen...............................................................................221 The assembly-line god..............................................................................228 Spiritual materialism..............................................................................233 Shirking the work ethic...........................................................................235 Sustainable delusions and quality confusion.............................................241
Pulverizing poverty ................................................................................245
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