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by b9be520d93286 1798 days ago
Wonder how deep the rabbit hole goes ... Maybe not. Most of us probably would go insane if we were to find out the truth (yes I'm being,only slightly, hyperbolic and Lovecraftian)
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> Most of us probably would go insane if we were to find out the truth

Sounds like a societal excuse to hide shit.

It was surprising to me when I learned about McGraw-Hill considering how many of their textbooks defined my schooling in the '90s and beyond: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/18/business/mcgraw-hill-and-... (https://archive.is/bZKuA)

> McGraw-Hill Inc., long the subject of takeover speculation, quieted those rumors somewhat yesterday when it said it had signed a standstill agreement with Robert Maxwell, the British entrepreneur whose empire includes Macmillan Inc., and would form a joint publishing venture with him.

The username "maxwellhill" also makes total sense knowing this.