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The Economy of Denial: Addiction, Extortion, Deception

The Economy of Denial: Addiction, Extortion, Deception

Denial doesn't end well, and the 'Economy of Denial' is destined to deconstruction.

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Even the most opinionated become circumspect when the discussion turns to The Addiction Economy, for the term The Addiction Economy calls things by their real name, which disrupts our protective shield of denial.

Yes, denial, for ours is an Economy of Denial, where the surface stability of normalcy demands we avoid calling things by their real name at al…

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