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Ponzi Politics and Pyramids of Power
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Re: Ponzi Politics and Pyramids of Power
by AgentR » Sat 04 Nov 2006, 14:30:42
What you describe is not unique to this country, nor is it even unique to our species. You are simply describing the human amplification of coalition formation. Its a simple biological reality, that animals with brains large enough to purposefully act in concert with another, form coalitions to achieve mutually desired objectives. And, as in nature, these objectives are often indisputably violent or predatory.
Yes, we are. As we are.
And so shall we remain; Until the end.
And so shall we remain; Until the end.
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Re: Ponzi Politics and Pyramids of Power
by AgentR » Sat 04 Nov 2006, 15:03:07
Human history is not dominated by the triumph of ethics over economics.
I wouldn't get your hopes up in a world with declining food and energy production.
I wouldn't get your hopes up in a world with declining food and energy production.
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And so shall we remain; Until the end.
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Re: Ponzi Politics and Pyramids of Power
by TommyJefferson » Mon 06 Nov 2006, 14:18:42
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ElijahJones', 'I')t is best for the broadest possible representation to be effected in government.
Have you driven around the US lately?
Thank goodness most people don't vote. If they did, the Ponzi scheme would grow incredibly worse.
> "You cannot have both a nation of equals and a nation of unequals."
Rubbish. Can you point to any nation in the history of the world where this condition did not exist?
Conform . Consume . Obey .
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Re: Ponzi Politics and Pyramids of Power
by JustinFrankl » Mon 06 Nov 2006, 18:13:38
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TommyJefferson', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ElijahJones', '&')gt; "You cannot have both a nation of equals and a nation of unequals."
Rubbish. Can you point to any nation in the history of the world where this condition did not exist?
Nation-states? No. Tribal societies are another story.
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Re: Ponzi Politics and Pyramids of Power
by TommyJefferson » Tue 07 Nov 2006, 10:30:01
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ElijahJones', 'W')hat I meant was more like a base level equality. Economic equals makes no sense, but equal opportunity does.
The U.S. constitution tries to establish that. I am a Libertarian. I believe all persons should have equal rights under the law.
As you say, the Ponzi scheme occurs when one interest group attempts to use the law to take advantage of some other group.
That is not equality under the law.
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