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Okay the question Here we go The author describes the

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nation as cluttered primarily due to what let's cruise up

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tio aligns forty eight through fifty seven The nation itself

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with all its so called internal improvement is just unreal

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you know that included with the internet based on trafficking

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littering the expense I wanted calculation and we're the same

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as a million household in the land so we're moving

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down here to the explanation Well what's the answer the

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answer is d we hear it shmoop don't like the

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word cluttered We prefer to think of our piles of

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paper as organically organized yeah throw would like that throw

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on the other hand might be a little judgy don't

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you think He's not saying that the nation needs to

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learn howto file properly This complicated metaphor refers to the

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nation's direction the nation is too focused on growth and

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building things no one really needs clutter in his mind

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is another example of over complications Well the reference to

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the german confederacy is another metaphor A get rid of

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it You don't need to be a historian to guess

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that germany at the time had you know a complicated

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political situation Htt would never use complicated politics as a

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favorable thing or favorable comparison We'll throw never specifically mentions

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Overpopulation is a problem like where that come from So

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get rid of be and he's not a big fan

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of trains and telegraphs because they represent organized society and

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complexity right So he's probably not too concerned if they're

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overburdened So screw him Yeah and obviously throw never needed 00:01:24.638 --> [endTime] to catch a train during rush hour in beijing

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