Comment by yard2010
12 hours ago
> “The drinking and cooking water for the Tikal rulers and their elite entourage almost certainly came from the Palace and Temple Reservoirs,” wrote Lentz and his colleagues. “As a result, the leading families of Tikal likely were fed foods laced with mercury at every meal.”
This makes me think: what if today's rulers are being poisoned by something making them act like idiots?
It's called "social media"
> This makes me think: what if today's rulers are being poisoned by something making them act like idiots?
Leaded gasoline! With how old politicians are in the US, they are almost certainly affected.
It could be that there is something making our leaders mentally ill, or it could be that only the mentally ill think that they should be leaders.
Claiming that today’s rulers are acting like idiots seems off topic. And subjective too; even if only because yesterday’s rulers weren’t different.
Greed is a poison. Has been recognized as such for at least 2,500 years.
https://tricycle.org/beginners/buddhism/three-poisons/
Ha! that's the best theory yet
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