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In reply to the discussion: Here's how to change the world [View all]BlindTiresias
(1,563 posts)25. Granted
My entry into the discussion may not have been entirely fair to you, but I simply do not see how people can rein these people in, no possible mechanism exists. Furthermore, if people did have the power to rein them in why even keep them around so they can push for austerity 2.0 a generation or two down the road?
My argument is simple, I guess: Do people have the ability to rein them in? If no, then we must suffer what we must under a new feudalism. If yes, why preserve these aristocrats and indulge their power fantasies and need for control?
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That doesn't surprise me you can see it here at D.U. as well, not from a top down manipulation
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
#7
We are the Internet, without us there is no Information Superhighway or it would be something
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
#12
The masses both here and abroad that make up the Internet aren't static, we're not locked into a
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
#26
We won't because that idea doesn't have enough merit supported by the people.
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
#28
Extremists of all types exist, that's always been the case, but I have faith in the majority
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
#36