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0 pointsmichaelochurch13y ago0 comments

Vigilante justice is terrible but I don't see anything else doing the job; it may be a last resort but I think our globalist-corporatist society is At That Point. The people with connections and resources own the politicians (all over the world) who make the laws. Besides, even if one country does everything right, the parasites in charge of the world can just move their money around.

I've been saying since the late '90s that health insurance executives should be publicly exposed when they murder people, and I still feel that way. If the courts were actually cracking down on those fuckers, then I'd say that vigilante justice is unwarranted; but how many health-insurance murderers are in prison? The fuckers kill 45,000 per year (a 9/11 every 24 days) and I don't know of one who has gone to prison.

Why do we tear the shit out of two Middle Eastern nations (one of which had nothing to do with it) over 3,000 dead but allow health insurers to kill half a million over that same decade and not even give them personal civil liability?

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FD3SA13y ago· 1 in thread

All societies tend toward Feudalism given enough time. The rent seekers control everything, and the masses surrender their liberty in exchange for security. History has demonstrated this countless times, which is why the Bill of Rights enshrined the right of the public to form militias to protect their own rights (the original 2nd Amendment).

Unfortunately, over two centuries the rent seekers have won again, so a reboot is required. How to initiate and sustain a successful reboot is the tricky part.

I sense from your writings that you are increasingly frustrated with the current state of affairs. I just want to emphasize that you aren't the only one, and if you were to formalize your dissent into an actionable movement, many would support you. The time may have come for the Technocrat to take his place on the world stage...

xradionut13y ago

It's not a technical problem. It's a moral/ethical problem where most the long term solutions that would work are very dark in the short term.

xradionut13y ago· 1 in thread

We are irrational sheep. As long as the "average" person has their "average" basic life needs met, some entertainment and some hope of a better life, this shit will continue.

A true "correction" would be bloody and very destructive, since no one in power is going to give up power willingly. They are more likely to go to the extreme and "cull" the masses to reduce what they see as the "problem".

FD3SA13y ago

That is a very narrow solution space you are considering. I can think of a dozen non-violent proposals which would involve nothing more than fiscal policy changes. For example: flat tax and basic income for all, such that there is no special treatment of corporations over individual entities. No tax breaks, no loopholes.

This would work best if implemented with direct democracy and a program of lean government held liable to be fully transparent on all spending.

A blogger who goes slightly more in depth with a proposal of this idea can be found here: http://www.naturalfinance.net/2013/04/improving-economy-by-e...

Of course the currently vested interests would fight this to the grave, but there is a point at which the people will no longer suffer the reign of Feudal lords (I predict that to be about 40% unemployment, or 70% youth unemployment).

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