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American Revolution

Name: Anonymous 2006-05-30 19:00

So really, what are the chances of an uprising in modern day America?  Not only do you have police everywhere, along with National Guard/Reserves and regular military bases throughout the country, but anyone that dares to fight  is an automatic criminal/militia/fanatic/terrorist.  Of course that means you're judged by the very rules you're trying to overthrow... but what chance is there that someone could overthrow the country's entire rule system and start from scatch, or even have the support of the majority of the people who watch TV and see everything thtrough a filtered media that puts negative spin in order to dissuade the efforts of a revolution?  The problem is the majority of the population is content and complacent.  Revolutions occur when the majority is poor, pissed off, and tired of the current system.  It would require people to have no access to their books, television, movies, computers, video games, or anything else to distract them.  It would require wealth to diminish to nothing, houses to lose their value, and utilities and public programs to become completely ineffective.  I don't see any of this happening unless the US is assraped by the Middle East or communist Asia.   

Name: Anonymous 2006-06-05 15:10

The idea that the rich and famous are genetically our betters is entirely rediculous. Do you know how much a biologist gets paid next to the CEO of Haliburton? Give it a fucking rest. If your *corportion* (NOT independantly owned business) takes an exhausting amount from the commonwealth then you should be required to put that same amount BACK into the commonwealth. NO TAX BREAKS. No dodging Tax for corporations. No corporations getting into our government via lobby.

Enough is enough, already. I'm sick of people defending obvious glaring faults in our system in the name of keeping capitalism strong. The benefits for working harder should be casual and NOT re-enforced by society.

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