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In reply to the discussion: Open Secrets ACTION ALERT: STOCK Act Reversal Signed by President [View all]Moostache
(11,251 posts)Ever since that excremental Patriot Act and the hysteria over 9/11 went into effect, our system of "government" has accelerated its own demise. We were already in deep shit by that time, but that seminal event simply forced the accelerator into overdrive. The more and more that these people feel they can exempt themselves from the law, the more and more people will lose respect for the law as a governing principle. We either have slavery or rebellion at the point of critical mass, and neither I nor my children will bend the knee to any plutocratic group of human filth who believe themselves to be above the law or their purchased enforcers...so our fate is sealed at this point.
It's only a race to see which ends our republic first:
- the wanton recklessness of the politicians (unprincipled and unscrupulous bastards with so few exceptions it tortures the soul to even contemplate for very long - not only whores, but cheap, dirty ones in back alleys at that...we're not talking about high-priced escort services here, we are talking about the crack-addicted, no-teeth, victims of pimp violence);
- the craven greed of the "money" that buys the political whores (these idiots are good at one thing - exploiting humanity to enrich themselves, and then moving locust-like to the next field of blood to suck dry; they are in control for now of enormous wealth, but when you are talking about 300-400 families GLOBALLY, then you're talking about a finite number who won't be missed);
- or the imperiled environment being pushed beyond so many tipping points at once that it may simply not make any difference at all 50 years down the road (glaciers disappearing, fisheries collapsing worldwide, honeybees disappearing with alarming swiftness, invasive species, diseases and antibiotic resistant bacteria lining us up for an uncontrollable pandemic, rising sea levels, shifting weather patterns and climate change preparing to go on steroids with methane releases underway and getting worse).
Seriously, I was offended in principle that Obama would offer up senior citizens of my generation onto the altar of fake free market ideology with future cuts and chained CPI; but in reality, I do not think there is a sea-ice chance in July that we ever make it that far anyway. We are re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic at this point and these kinds of "laws" just hammer that point home. (Will be called a "doomer" in 5...4...3...) In the end, it won't really matter. It comes down to the same equation it has for centuries - which side's children will rise up to kill more of their counterparts on the other side - those who are fighting for their lives or those who are being paid to defend someone else's lifestyle?