gangleri: I didn't quote you. "..." would indicate a quote; '...' indicates a euphemism. Don't worry about starting a shitstorm, I generally do! lol Nah, good debate is the cornerstone to knowledge and change (no Obama pun intended).
vg12: I don't necessarily support capitalism, communism or any "ism'. I just support what works for me right now. Whether anarchy or otherwise, if you begin to attack (as the pirates are currently doing) whatever the powers that be, you're gonna get fucked up. I'm not saying the Somalians should go to the UN or wherever and plead their case. Probably isn't gonna do shit. By the same token, I am not going to surrender my internet, lights, power, water, and definately NOT my freight trains so that they can do better. Unfair? Yup. Might, no matter how much we want to pretend it is repulsive, is right. Two points here: first, if you wanna send money, food, etc. over there to help, that's gonna jack my taxes. EVERYONE pays taxes here, make no mistake. Whether you pay income tax or not is moot. Buy tobacco, take the bus, put a tire on your bike...you get the point. Doesn't make a fuck to me, I'm not paying for someone else's free ride (here's another 'ism' called altruism).
So, let me get on the record real quick as I DEFINATELY don't support Rush, Hannity, et al. I do, though, like Art Bell/Coast-to-Coast AM and I guess that's AM radio. IF there were a VIABLE plan put forth to: oh, save the world, save the poor, change government, etc., I'd look at it. I live in the real world here in Tennessee. Oh, I harbor discontent as does every combat veteran. Living in the real world means that I have to act locally. Grow my own food, raise my cattle, chickens and ducks. Keep a well maintained arsenal. Short of that, though, the thought of overthrowing multiple governments, etc. just doesn't seem practical. You see, Russia, China, the EU and the US are all interwoven into a fabric of international commerce. Take on one and you take on them all. Make no mistake here, either, MLK, Jr., wasn't far off point in his 'non-violent protests'. Insurrection simply emboldens powers that be. Go no further than the recent fiascos of the FBI. No, for revolution to actually happen and I DO think it will someday, it will be in a generational aspect. Classic case-in-point: Open Systems Code vs. Microsoft, free phone on the internet vs. Ma Bell, etc. Decades in their growth, but they had the proper genesis. Perhaps our children will see it, but we will not in any meaningful sense. What we WILL be able to do, though, is lay the dialogue; fertile soil if you will, for the coming changes.
So, I guess my world revolves around effecting change where I am and how it impacts those I interact with. Is there wrong in the world? Fuck yeah there is. Sux, but I can't help those globally until I change what is happening locally.
Good shit going on in this thread by the way!