I submitted this on the downward mobility thread. I consider it a perfectly reasonable response to the topic perhaps not one that agrees with the author 

and yet you have declined to post it 

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this is a very negative and blinkered view of downshifting. Intellectuals have been downshifting for decades as a reaction against trashy materialism and superficiality. When the novelty of the internet has worn off it will become cool to live with as little technology as you can manage. Some people go the whole hog and move to the hebrides where they can live without subliminal training
they have no televisions and create their own entertainment restoring them to the earthy and meaningful emotions about life. Others just go there for holidays. I like camping when I get the chance just for a taste of it ... and I did live for many years without a computer or television in fact I didn't even have a telephone you know you experience life in a different way that some of the anti materialist writers like Satre spoke about all those years ago its actually true""


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ok so I also said that getting the head off sounds like a swell idea to the queen but hey can't I join in with the festivities ! 


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you can stick the knighthood 

and the coronation