It seems a Gordian knot of intertwined Intere$ts :(

Post #81,810 by Ashton 2/14/03 9:48:48 PM Reply	It seems a Gordian knot of intertwined Intere$ts :( And nowhere in the entire Corporate hierarchy - which performs all interwining - exists more than a faux-representative of the society being dismantled. That is the stuff of every Revolution.. but revolutions require a large contingent of folks akin to Our Revolutionaries: who were All Dead within the 19th century. Is Vulture Capitalism the worm which destroys life and replaces it with predatory toys and mindless make-work? Ashton one can at least perform autopsy on the remains.. while awaiting delivery of the formal death cerificate.
Post #81,826 by Brandioch 2/14/03 10:30:29 PM Reply	I'm convinced it is human nature. When we don't have any external threats to strive against... except the nebulous ones our government can decry (Communism! Hippies!)... Are you surprised that the majority of people are more than content to live fat, dumb and happy? Rather than reaching beyond themselves, they settle into themselves. Office politics instead of world politics. TV sitcom relationships instead of national economic relationships. Who their favorite stars are fucking is more important than what is happening one nation over. And they will gladly surrender all their rights (just let them keep their jobs and TV and make sure there's food in the grocery store) for the promise that their world will always be as warm and safe as they want it to be.
Post #81,828 by boxley 2/14/03 10:36:09 PM Reply	all of the above and cliqueism of the envious Most of the political squabbles at the local level is born by a group that wants power so they can stick it to the ones currently in power. This gets bubbled up onto the national stage where it does real and lasting damage. Public service means a lot less that it used to. thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org] "France," he noted, "has neither winter nor summer, nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks, it is a fine country." Mark Twain
Post #81,860 by Ashton 2/15/03 12:33:23 AM Reply	We Can do better! Many Muricans do.. The massive increase in background noise of recent techn-media - causes these to seem invisible - they have neither large breasts nor an angry demeanor and large gun collection to display for 15 min of infamy. Just ask tseliot / R Brewer. Or habitat for Humanity folks. And I could name a few, as could you (these are the only ones ever worth remembering, as I look back). The rest once-met fade into the cliches of their soap-opera conversation. And being techno-literate has nothing to do with being literate - I have also observed this, since the first. Yes, it's hopeless to 'wish' that some actual majority of the fat-dumb-happy would raise their sights. Stupid to Like-War-because: it gives us an excuse to win a competition and be #1 again. But as we all know by now - it only ever is the 1% who do anything at all. What is troubling currently is the decline of the active alert minority, those who have served to keep the troglodytes from appropriating, in the Hog-in-Trough Game, even more.. all along. Have these disappeared by inbreeding, merely fallen silent - or become so disgusted as to just watch, hope that 'we' receive the fruits of our ignorant behaviour? That attitude can come, at first via mere petulance.. in time that can be called resignation. (Those with children can afford neither conceit IMO) Some folks feel a certain wistfulness, upon realizing they are actually witnessing clear decline. When you meet a few whom you deem 'wise' and who are also wistful.. it begins to sink in. Ashton

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