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ananda

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17. Soap-boxing propaganda with big ugly pictures...

Reply to NightOwwl (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2015, 11:19 AM

Jan 2015

... just doesn't do it for me.

It has that brass gong ring of the Orwellian dystopia behind it.

I would prefer a thoughtful discussion of what a state can become if people's thinking can be changed for the better or, as in our current state, for the worse.

The symptoms are serious: "War for Profit, Drones, Limits on Freedom, NSA, Big Pharma, Wall Street Connections, Back-room Deals" -- but as Steinbeck would say, these are results not causes.

What is really at stake is the entire thoughtform that is our polis, our state. Thus, if thinking can be changed for the better, so can the state... especially if good thinking leads to taking action humanly and thoughtfully.

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America's One-Party System: The Party of Power [View all] NightOwwl Jan 2015 OP

So there is no difference between say Ted Cruz and Elizabeth Warren? el_bryanto Jan 2015 #1

No, apparently I made a wrong turn. NightOwwl Jan 2015 #6

Does it ever occur to you that people's minds are open, they have reviewed your opinion el_bryanto Jan 2015 #7

Considering the replies were almost immediate... NightOwwl Jan 2015 #8

Well you have been writing on this theme for a few days now el_bryanto Jan 2015 #9

30 years Bryant. 30 years I supported and voted and sent money to the Democratic Party. NightOwwl Jan 2015 #14

Do you think that anybody who has also supported the Democratic Party for the last 30 el_bryanto Jan 2015 #16

Is the sky blue, is the moon made of green cheese? NightOwwl Jan 2015 #26

I didn't say that...you did. NightOwwl Jan 2015 #13

Hmmm - than let me ask a clarifying question el_bryanto Jan 2015 #18

If I were still a passionate liberal who believed it would make a difference, yes. NightOwwl Jan 2015 #21

Big difference between the two parties madokie Jan 2015 #2

That's the fishbowl I'm talking about. NightOwwl Jan 2015 #24

Naderite horseshit... SidDithers Jan 2015 #3

Not quite NightOwwl Jan 2015 #23

Yep, they WANT you to fight on issues like gay marriage and abortion while they outsource your jobs cascadiance Jan 2015 #4

"We can start by getting some unity to stop the TPP. Rank and file Republicans complain about losing pampango Jan 2015 #11

I don't know what TPP is. NightOwwl Jan 2015 #12

That you don't know about TPP is BY DESIGN, and it should scare the hell out of you and others here. cascadiance Jan 2015 #22

I spent 30 years on that hamster wheel of insanity. NightOwwl Jan 2015 #25

I wrote from personal experience, from the heart. NightOwwl Jan 2015 #5

Ah jeez,... MohRokTah Jan 2015 #10

Believe what you want brooklynite Jan 2015 #15

Thank you for asking. NightOwwl Jan 2015 #19

Soap-boxing propaganda with big ugly pictures... ananda Jan 2015 #17

Well, I'm pretty big on Know Thyself first. NightOwwl Jan 2015 #20