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In reply to the discussion: It's been a real hoot reading the thread titles in GD. [View all]Blue_Adept
(6,393 posts)1. Every country goes through a revolution during the course of its existence
The average, I believe, is every 200 years depending on the setup of it. We're past due for one.
But apparently that's me advocating violence.
All I know is that the "peaceful" way we've been trying to change things for decades isn't working. It's time to try something new.
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Revolutions are just another ruse to fool us. The screaming, "down with the king" the loudest
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#5
Progress towards what? Society is a construct people come together to live their lives.
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#17
Pretty much. I got screamed at because I sat out Mary's run off election. Most people here have no
Katashi_itto
Dec 2014
#2
I don't think you should have sat it out, but I'm not going to scream at you...
TreasonousBastard
Dec 2014
#8
I like public roads. and libraries and firefighters. And lots of other public endeavours.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Dec 2014
#6
How could toll roads be built without the property owner's permission and how could the tolls be
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#24
You're advocating for people to be beaten, imprisoned, made homeless and killed
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Dec 2014
#36
Unrec. Walking away doesn't destroy the state, it merely hands it to the corporate
FSogol
Dec 2014
#11
Your beloved state just voted 9-0 to allow a corporations to not pay people.
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#19
That is the bogeyman meant to keep you frightened and dependent. The people will not tolerate
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#26
Or, as Dorothy Parker once quipped, "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#15
We tolerate corporations because the State says we must obey "The System"
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#28
"Given up"? I feel more certain than I ever dared imagine I could feel.
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#46