Well, howdy there internet people?

It's a bow again.

So today we're going to talk about the Mandarin,

Cameron Diaz, what they have to teach us about the

moral distance as well.

I'm going to discuss some fictional works.

I'll lay out a little bit of the plot enough to get the point cross but I'm not going to ruin these things

So if you want to read or watch them after this you'll be fine

The first thing we're going to talk about is the Mandarin

to story The first thing we're going to talk about is the Mandarin.

It's a story about a poor Portuguese guy and the double comes to him.

Just like, hey, you ring that bell?

This guy you've never met, half a world away,

this Mandarin guy living in China. Oh, he's done for, and he's a rich.

And you're going to inherit all of his wealth.

Now, of course, the guy rings the bell. bell story wouldn't go on if he didn't and

predictably trouble follows now if you're sitting there right now going, man, that sounds a whole lot like Cameron Diaz movie called The Box.

It's because the Box is based on Button Button, which is a Mandarin parable, which comes from the Mandarin, which is actually

alleged to be ripped off from something else.

All this stuff is very derivative.

But the plot is there.

The reason it is universal and has gone on for hundreds of years. is

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