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Arguments for "woke" Christianity. A thread.

I've been debating what the Christian right calls "woke" for years. It's always the same points. So instead of addressing them over and over again. I thought I'd create a thread to book mark. Warning-this will be long. 1/
My background. I'm a preacher's kid, been a Christian my entire life (I'm 56). I've also voted Republican, Democratic, Independent. I'm not particularly partisan and I think the marriage of Christianity and politics is incredibly dangerous as proved throughout history. 2/
The denomination I grew up was fairly liberal. However as an adult, I attended evangelical mega churches that became increasingly fundamentalist over the years. I was like a frog in boiling water-not recognizing the changes in doctrine until the Trump era. 3/
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This is a threaded version of Chapter 22:

“Better Off Than Fifty Years Ago?

“Rules Made to Benefit the Wealthy Are Now More Important Than Life”

of *Culture War, Class War 2022: Truth & Generations

by Michael Adzema

THREAD sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #history #Blue

CW22 22/1
“[*Chapter 22 text begins:*] So these days you have the attitude, “A dollar laid is a dollar played”; people’s suffering is irrelevant to the game.”

THREAD wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #history #Blue #economics #Reagan #80s #politics #resist #Republicans #Reaganomics #60s

CW22 22/2
“*Foolin’ the People About History*

“*Obvious “Truths”:*

“*Reagan “saved” America.* [untrue truism]

“*Reagan rescued Americans from an oppressive tax burden.* [untrue truism]

READ/DWL BOOK... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #history #Blue #economics #Reagan #80s #politics

CW22 22/3
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Corporate media has as its prime directive distribution of a maximally palatable “news product” to expand/maintain its financial/influence value.

Strategic use of euphemism such as “#CultureWar” minimizes, whitewashes and normalizes neofascism.
1/n @tzimmer_history Image
The spread of reactionary assaults by neofascists depends on normalization and permission by the majority. At present corporate Media is permissive / amplifying:
disinfo about CRT, book banning, assaults LGBTQ+ rights are all the same extremist movement but treated as if random
We are grateful to the voice of @jbouie who is highlighting the participation of media. Excellent piece today and hazards of framing “culture wars” as stunted analysis Image
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Chapter 20 is titled

“Only the Game Remains:

“Religion of Capitalism — The Game Is the One Truth Faith; The Game Is to Lie and Manipulate Without Consequence”

of *Culture War, Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

THREAD… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22 20/1
“[*Chapter 20 text begins:*] ”Well since they believe a loving God would condemn them to endless suffering, don’t see why we can’t convince them their own biggest enemy is to be found in a mirror.”

READ BOOK… wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #Blue #TheGame #bankers #politics

CW22 20/2
“…since they believe a loving God would condemn them to endless suffering, don’t see why we can’t convince them their own biggest enemy is to be found in a mirror.” [What Republicans Wealthies must think about their “deplorable” followers.]”

> drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 20/3
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Chapter 19 is titled

“Reality Transplant, the Media:

“The Ladder of Status, the Great Suck Upward, & What They’ve Succeeded in Getting Us to Forget”

of *Culture War, Class War 2022: Truth & Generations* by Michael Adzema

THREAD… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Midterms

CW22 19/1
“[*Chapter 19 text begins:*] The Republicans had their help, though; believe me they had their help.”

THREAD… wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #Midterms Blue Wave #media #MAGAts #Republicans #ClassWar #gaslighting #corruption #BlueWave #truth #lies #Biden #Trump #FBR #resist

CW22 19/2
“*The Puppet Strings (The Media)*

“Okay, so who helped them? Well, like I was saying.… The first thing is you have politicians with the Big Lie, & they’re repeating it endlessly. & that persistence is so extremely effective & comprehensive.”

drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 19/3
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Ch 27

of *Culture War, Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

“The Fall of “Obvious Truths”:

“Arrogance Comes Before the Fall, Lies Are Being Called Out;

“The Awakening, Their Legacy Remaining,

“Everything Hangs in the Balance”

READ BOOK… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22 27/1
“[*Chapter 27 text begins:*] So, we have these Big Lies, these “obvious truths,” which are actually not true, & they are all-pervasive. It makes it virtually impossible to know what is actually going on.”

THREAD… wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #Blue #Republicans #Midterms

CW22 27/2
“*Lies Finally Being Called for What They Are*

“Yet this corruption & the insane attempt to rearrange reality began to reveal itself gradually as the W. Bush years rolled on.”

READ/DWL BOOK... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #Blue #Republicans #Midterms #resist #Matrix #FBR

CW22 27/3
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“*November 2022—Culture War/ Class War’s Reckoning Point*

READ &/or dwl entire BOOK free AT SITE... sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #BlueTsunami2022 #ElectionDay #VoteBlueToday GO VOTE #IVoted 866-OUR-VOTE Cheating Secretary of State #Midterms #FBR #Roe #resist #Republicans

CW22 Pf/263
“To this end—specifically, increased control of society’s mechanisms by the Right even as it goes against public opinion—the stealing by Republicans of 3 more seats on the Supreme Court & the overturning of Roe V. Wade come to mind.”

THREAD… wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22 Pf/264
“The reversal of Roe V. Wade is instructive on many levels. Amy Coney Barret’s seat was stolen by rushing through her nomination process just prior to the 2020 election; it was the seat held by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

READ/DWL BOOK drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #ElectionDay

CW22 Pf/265
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Ch 28

of *Culture War, Class War: Truth & Generations*

by M. Adzema, is titled,

“A Life-or-Death Struggle Ensues:

“On a Field Ravaged by Corruption & Incompetence, an Ultimate Battle for Life & Democracy Is Waged.

“It Could Go Either Way”

sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22 28/1
“[*Chapter 28 text begins:*] In this book we have shared a journey through America’s past & present. We have looked into the minds of the participants in these tumultuous events.”

THREAD wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #BlueTsunami #Midterms #BlueWave #FBR #VoteBlueTomorrow

CW22 28/2
“We have seen that America & the world were evolving as needed in the Sixties if we were to sustain life, freedom, democracy, & the planet. For we discovered all were under attack.”

READ/DWL BOOK drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #Blue #Midterms #BlueWave #FBR #VoteBlueTomorrow

CW22 28/3
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Ch 28, “A Life-or-Death Struggle Ensues:

“On a Field Ravaged by Corruption & Incompetence, an Ultimate Battle for Life & Democracy Is Waged.

“It Could Go Either Way”

Quotes/Highlights THREAD

(publ'd 10/16/2022)

READ BOOK… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Midterms #Blue

CW22Q 28/1
Quotes/Highlights THREAD

From *Culture War Class War 2022:

*Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(available on website, as well as a free pdf file, & on Amazon in print & ebook, as of Oct 2022)

READ &/or dwnl entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22Q 28/2
[*Quotes/highlights:*] “America & the world were evolving as needed in the 60s if we were to sustain life, freedom, democracy, & the planet. For we discovered all were under attack.” []

THREAD sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Blue #Midterms #BlueWave #FBR #VoteBlueTomorrow

CW22Q 28/3
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Ch 28, “A Life-or-Death Struggle Ensues:

“On a Field Ravaged by Corruption & Incompetence, an Ultimate Battle for Life & Democracy Is Waged.

“It Could Go Either Way”

Quotes/Highlights THREAD

(publ'd 10/16/2022)

READ BOOK… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Midterms #Blue

CW22Q 28/1
Quotes/Highlights THREAD

From *Culture War Class War 2022:

*Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(available on website, as well as a free pdf file, & on Amazon in print & ebook, as of Oct 2022)

READ &/or dwnld entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22Q 28/2
[*Quotes/highlights:*] “America & the world were evolving as needed in the 60s if we were to sustain life, freedom, democracy, & the planet. For we discovered all were under attack.” []

THREAD sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Blue #Midterms #BlueWave #FBR #VoteBlueTomorrow

CW22Q 28/3
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Ch 27, titled, “The Fall of “Obvious Truths”:

“Arrogance Comes Before the Fall, Lies Are Being Called Out;

“The Awakening, Their Legacy Remaining, Everything Hangs in the Balance”

Quotes/Highlights THREAD

(published 10/16/2022)

READ BOOK… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22Q 27/1
Quotes/Highlights THREAD

From *Culture War Class War 2022:

*Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(available on website, as well as a free pdf file, & on Amazon in print & ebook, as of Oct 2022)

READ &/or dwnld entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22Q 27/2
[Quotes/highlights:] “…this corruption & the insane attempt to rearrange reality began to reveal itself gradually as the W. Bush years rolled on.” []

READ/DWL BOOK.. drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #Blue #Republicans #Midterms #resist #Matrix #FBR #media #CultureWar #Trump

CW22Q 27/3
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Chapter 18

of *Culture War, Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

is titled

“Erosion of Reason, Self-Confidence:

“Repetition Makes It Possible to Control & Equal Time for Idiots”

THREAD sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Midterms #Blue #Matrix #Republicans

CW22 18/1
[*Chapter 18 text begins:*] This is the second of three sections detailing the history of the Republican Party’s incredibly disciplined, relentlessly persistent, & amazingly cohesive nearly fifty-year campaign to gain advantage & wealth..."

-> wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22 18/2
“…[the Republican Party’s incredibly disciplined, relentlessly persistent, & amazingly cohesive nearly 50-year campaign to gain advantage & wealth] for their benefactors, the corporations & the Filthy Rich, through totally concocted untruths.”

drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 18/3
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Ch 26 “Setting the Record Straight on Boomers:

“The Boomer—Generation X Culture War & the “Truth Dividend” of Having Been There”

Quotes/Highlights THREAD

Fr *Culture War Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(pub 10/2022)

sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22Q 26/1
Quotes/Highlights THREAD

From *Culture War Class War 2022:

*Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(available on website, as well as a free pdf file, & on Amazon in print & ebook, as of Oct 2022)

READ &/or dwnld entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22Q 26/2
[Quotes/highlights:] “I can say I feel fortunate to have lived many years in an America quite different from what most people in America being younger than me have been growing up with.”[]

READ/DWL BOOK... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #BlueTsunami #Boomers #Midterms #60s

CW22Q 26/3
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Chapter 17: “A Matrix of Misinformation:

“The Lies Themselves...When Did the People Themselves Become a “Special” Interest?”

complete chapter

- from *Culture War, Class War 2020: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

THREAD… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #BlueWave2022

CW22 17/1
[*Chapter 17 text begins:*] “With corporations firmly backing Republicans, the Democrats in every election that I can recall—especially in the presidential elections—always were way underfunded.”

THREAD… wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #Midterms #Blue #MAGAts #ClassWar #FBR

CW22 17/2
“*The Money Changing Everything—The Planting of Lies*

“Meanwhile the GOP is consistently overfunded because the Rich-publicans are carrying the wishes of those corporations into the board rooms of Congress along w their huge amounts of money.”

drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 17/3
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Ch 25, “An Attack on Facts & Reality Itself:

“Confused People Take Comfort in Stupidity,

"& Burdened People Become Confused People—That’s Thr Plan””

Quotes/Highlights THREAD

Fr *Culture War Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

(pub 10/22)

sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22Q 25/1
Quotes/Highlights THREAD

From *Culture War Class War 2022:

*Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(available on website, as well as a free pdf file, & on Amazon in print & ebook, as of Oct 2022)

READ &/or dwnld entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22Q 25/2
[*Quotes/highlights:*] “It’s just natural that if you don’t hear anything to counter something, you’re going to believe that the only thing being said is the truth.

“& that certainly has increased over time...through the years.” []

THREAD... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22Q 25/3
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Chapter 16

of *Culture War, Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema, is titled,

“Your Mind Made Fertile for the Planting of Lies:

“Power Versus Passion, Money Versus Authenticity—Opposing Ways of Changing America”

READ BOOK… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22 16/1
“[*Chapter 16 text begins:*] In the last sixty years, Americans have experienced unprecedented changes in their lives, their lifestyles, in what it means to be alive & human in America in these times.”

THREAD wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #Midterms #Blue #MAGAts #ClassWar

CW22 16/2
“Rarely have societies experienced this kind of change. What is even more astounding is the way the changes send us shooting dramatically in one way & then in the other direction.”

READ/DWL BOOK.. drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #Midterms #Blue #MAGAts #ClassWar #corporations

CW22 16/3
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Ch 24, “Money Madness:

“The Wealthy Are the Creative Sector...

"Creative in Devising Schemes Putting *Our* Money in *Their* Pockets”

Quotes/Highlights THREAD

Fr *Culture War Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

by Adzema

(publ'd 10/2022)

sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22Q 24/1
Quotes/Highlights THREAD

From *Culture War Class War 2022:

*Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(available on website, as well as a free pdf file, & on Amazon in print & ebook, as of Oct 2022)

READ &/or dwnld entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22Q 24/2
[*Quotes/highlights:*] “…when you hear the same things again & again, even black-and-white facts can be put up for dispute.” []

READ/DWL BOOK drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #BlueWave #Midterms #Matrix #ClassWar #Democrats #FilthyRich #taxes #resist #Republicans #healthcare

CW22 24/3
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Chapter 15

of *Culture War, Class War: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema, is titled,

“Creating a Totalitarian Mind:

“Recipe for The Matrix: Misinformation, Repetition, Impoverishment”

THREAD… sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Blue #Matrix #Midterms #Republicans #FBR

CW22 15/1
“[*Chapter 15 text begins:*] “The Rise & Fall of ‘Obvious Truths’” discusses the history of the American Republicans’ incredibly disciplined, relentlessly persistent, & amazingly cohesive, seemingly coordinated fifty-year campaign…”

THREAD… wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22 15/2
“[Republicans’ incredibly disciplined, relentlessly persistent, & amazingly cohesive, seemingly coordinated fifty-year campaign] to gain advantage & wealth for their benefactor corporations & the “filthy rich” thru totally concocted untruths.”

drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 15/3
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Chapter 14

of *Culture War, Class War: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema, is titled,

“Truth & Liars:

“Obvious Truths” (Actual Untruths) Were Employed Together with an Exact & Strategic Use of Misinformation

READ BOOK> sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #BlueWave #Matrix

CW22 14/1
“[*Chapter 14 text begins:*] In Part Four of *Culture War, Class War 2022* we look at how the Big Lie continued in the past five decades of America.”

READ BOOK… wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #Blue #Matrix #Midterms #Republicans #ClassWar #BlueWave #FBR #resist #lies #BLM

CW22 14/2
“We delve more deeply into the Class War that has been behind the Culture War as laid out in Parts 1, 2, & 3. We see the 50-year invisible “family” revealed—the “community” that surrounded all Americans & affected every aspect of their lives..”

drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO…

CW22 14/3
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Ch 23, titled, ““The Compassion Gap:

“With the Excuse of “The Game,” Small-Hearted Folks Can Now Flaunt Their Mean-Spiritedness”

Quotes/Highlights THREAD

Fr *Culture War Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(pub 10/2022)

sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22Q 23/1
Quotes/Highlights THREAD

From *Culture War Class War 2022:

*Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(available on website, as well as a free pdf file, & on Amazon in print & ebook, as of Oct 2022)

READ &/or dwl entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22Q 23/2
[*Quotes/highlights:*] “…what happened to our country? We were supposed to be a country that valued human life, for example, but is now valuing contract law over that.” []

READ/DWL BOOK... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #BlueWave #Midterms #ClassWar #resist #Republicans

CW22 23/3
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Chapter 13

of *Culture War, Class War: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema, is titled,

“A Culture War Rages:

“Monsters Never Really Die in Horror Flicks...

“The King on Life Support & The Consequences of an Abomination”

THREAD sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Midterms

CW22 13/1
“[*Chapter 13 text begins:*] With these factors in mind, what have we experienced in the last two decades, as the Sixties Generation finally got its turn at the wheel?”

THREAD… wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP #Midterms #BlueWave #Trump #MerrickGarland #MAGAts #ClassWar #FBR

CW22 13/2
“*America Since Its “Pleasantville”*

“As expected, it was at first quite different from what the WWII Generation had been serving up during its forty-plus years’ reign.”

READ/DWL BOOK... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #Midterms #BlueWave #Trump #MerrickGarland #MAGAts #FBR

CW22 13/3
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Chapter 22, titled, “Better Off Than Fifty Years Ago?

“Rules Made to Benefit the Wealthy Are Now More Important Than Life”

Quotes/Highlights THREAD

Fr *Culture War Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(published 10/2022)

sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22Q 22/1
Quotes/Highlights THREAD

Fr *Culture War Class War 2022:

*Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(available on website, as wells as a free pdf file, & on Amazon in print & ebook, as of Oct 2022)

READ &/or dwnld entire BOOK free AT SITE...

wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22Q 22/2
“[*Quotes/highlights:*] “…these days you have the attitude, ‘A dollar laid is a dollar played’; people’s suffering is irrelevant to the game.” []

READ/DWL BOOK... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #Blue #Midterms #ClassWar #resist #Republicans #taxes #FilthyRich #economics

CW22 22/3
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Chapter 12

of *Culture War, Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema, is titled,

“Cultural Rebirth, Aborted:

“It’s a Not so Wonderful Life for the WWII Generation...yet the King Refuses to Die”

READ BOOK> sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur… #Midterms #psychology

CW22 12/1
“The paramount theme in *Pleasantville*—which is that thinking for oneself & following one’s own unique path & being open to the change that comes with that brings “color,” truth,& aliveness to one’s life—is truly a 60s Generation idea.”

THREAD wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22 12/2
“Again, it is not that it has never been thought before. All great ideas have been thought before, but that does not mean they have been implemented on a sociocultural, macrocosmic level.”

READ/DWL BOOK... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #Midterms #psychology #Blue #history

CW22 12/3
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Ch 21, titled, “The Great American About Face:

“There Was a Time When Kindness Was a Noble Thing; Nightmare Apparent”

Quotes/Highlights THREAD

From *Culture War Class War 2022: Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(published 10/16/2022)

sillymickel.blogspot.com/2017/10/cultur…

CW22Q 21/1
Quotes/Highlights THREAD

From *Culture War Class War 2022:

*Truth & Generations*

by Michael Adzema

(available on website, as wells as a free pdf file, & on Amazon in print & ebook, as of Oct 2022)

READ &/or dwnl entire BOOK free AT SITE... wp.me/p1C4cs-2HP

CW22Q 21/2
[*Quotes/highlights:*] “You don’t know what I’m getting at. Yet this is the indicator of the gradual change in our country that would be missed by those younger than myself.” []

READ/DWL BOOK... drive.google.com/file/d/1ySbhcO… #Midterms #compassion #Blue #MeanSpiritedness

CW22 21/3
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