Inequality Highest Since Great Depression
Re: Inequality Highest Since Great Depression
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Re: Inequality Highest Since Great Depression
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Re: Inequality Highest Since Great Depression
by eynon81 » Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:06 pm
Non's pretty sure we're gonna lose so my first goal is to join the 1%. If not I'll pray for you.
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Re: Inequality Highest Since Great Depression
by exploited » Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:07 pm
The kicker is how difficult it is, strategically, to tell when violence is necessary, or when you are just being a dick (the point that Libertarian097472915502 inadvertently made).
Take political protest. It's hard to like that douche smashing in a Starbucks window, how much harder must it be to support actual violence? It's something I struggle with philosophically, because I'm inclined to nonviolence.
And yet Western authorities engage in terrifying amounts of violence, internally and externally. A small elite has absolutely seized power, and they are tremendously sophisticated. It is hard to walk away from a comfortable, abit politically meaningless life, especially since real change will require me to support stuff I really don't like (namely, people getting hurt).
Bleh.
Take political protest. It's hard to like that douche smashing in a Starbucks window, how much harder must it be to support actual violence? It's something I struggle with philosophically, because I'm inclined to nonviolence.
And yet Western authorities engage in terrifying amounts of violence, internally and externally. A small elite has absolutely seized power, and they are tremendously sophisticated. It is hard to walk away from a comfortable, abit politically meaningless life, especially since real change will require me to support stuff I really don't like (namely, people getting hurt).
Bleh.
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Re: Inequality Highest Since Great Depression
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Re: Inequality Highest Since Great Depression
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Re: Inequality Highest Since Great Depression
by Libertarian602 » Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:19 pm
“Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.”
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