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Skidmore

(37,364 posts) Wed Jul 3, 2013, 07:00 AM Jul 2013

So you blow up the world order you hate so much. [View all]

1. Have you done it without a major war?
2. What do you replace it with and how will you accomplish this?

Seriously. I would like to know how this brave new world is coming about. Do things magically fall in place the way you think they should? Is everybody on the same page about what comes after and how it comes into fruition?

Asking because I haven't seen anything addressed beyond the machinations of the moment. What's the plot?

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So you blow up the world order you hate so much. [View all] Skidmore Jul 2013 OP

There are a lot of unhappy people in the world. randome Jul 2013 #1

As I've read over the past few days, that yawning abyss that Skidmore Jul 2013 #3

Does the Egyptian movement have leaders? At least ones we can see from outside? randome Jul 2013 #7

I'm thinking back to the original Egyptian Spring in which Skidmore Jul 2013 #9

Sorry, we are all a little too busy The Straight Story Jul 2013 #2

How about putting snark aside and Skidmore Jul 2013 #4

Hmm, what does it look like to me? The Straight Story Jul 2013 #5

You should take that advice usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #8

Do you have anything to contribute? Skidmore Jul 2013 #10

Do you? snark doesn't count usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #11

I'm asking if you wish to contribute something of substance. Skidmore Jul 2013 #12

See post #6 and I'm asking you to STOP usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #17

Request noted but I will continue to Skidmore Jul 2013 #18

Stop the snark and conspiracy theories usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #19

I fear this is heading to eventual Balkanization SQUEE Jul 2013 #15

You need to get out more usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #6

... what ... are you TALKING about? sibelian Jul 2013 #13

For everything that is displaced, something takes its placeo-- Skidmore Jul 2013 #14

Who are you addressing and what are you talking about? Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #16

It will be ugly mick063 Jul 2013 #20

I think your last comment assumes much and Skidmore Jul 2013 #21

Yes. It is unfair. mick063 Jul 2013 #23

If this NSA thing has the effect claimed by Skidmore Jul 2013 #24

It's an excellent question. OilemFirchen Jul 2013 #22

+1000 Recursion Jul 2013 #27

1. I think it can be done peacefully, and must be done peacefully, because Romulus Quirinus Jul 2013 #25

Thanks for your thoughtful comments and for the Skidmore Jul 2013 #26

Highly recommended! :) It's one of those rare speculative fiction books that has good science Romulus Quirinus Jul 2013 #29

The first step is to create a new world government that gets along perfectly from day one. tridim Jul 2013 #28

We need a constitutional amendment to severely limit campaign contributions. dawg Jul 2013 #30

We don't need to blow it up. ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #31