"Before you scoff at mass, shared illusions..."

..."as being unlikely, keep in mind that everyone with a different religion than yours is experiencing exactly that.

Mass shared illusions are our most common experience."

I don’t believe in Santa Claus.

I don’t believe in ghosts.

I don’t believe in a traditional god.

I don’t believe in luck.

And I don’t see Donald Trump as dangerous.

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RELATED: Another story you won't see on CNN

Hillary Clinton solicited a $12 million donation from a government that her State Department considered corrupt, then realized the “mess” it would cause in her presidential run, a newly leaked ­email reveals.

The deal with Morocco was struck even though the State Department — under Hillary Clinton — accused the country’s government of “arbitrary arrests and corruption.”

You want the real Hillary... go to Wikileaks.

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LAST WORD: Be careful what you wish for

As I had cause to remind the Democrats during my Senate testimony, too many prominent members of their party are already wholesale enthusiasts for the criminalization of dissent - a position that renders politics both irrelevant and impossible.

Forewarned is forearmed.