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Old 02-15-2015, 10:50 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I like elements of socialism and I like elements of capitalism. Both systems can be exploited and corrupted. With socialism, it's been fast, hard and apparent. The competitive nature of capitalism
has made totalitarian pursuits nearly impossible in the US, but policy by policy we have gradually become militarized police state, momey has saturated politics, and cronyism has become the norm.

Maybe all systems are ****ed and the key is to keep changing systems before its weaknesses are exploited.
Whatever keeps my TV going and my computer playing porn is alright with me. The human race is perfectly willing to live under **** systems so long as they're kept happy and fed, so as long as our current, corrupt system can do that, I'm content.
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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