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TheWraith

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20. Yeah, that really worked out great, didn't it?

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:22 PM

Jun 2012

Your proposal is about as grounded, realistic, and useful as the stuff coming out of the Paul supporters. Same pseudo-anarchic college sophomore political philosophy with a slightly different spin.

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Folks it's about not cooperating with the system any more............ [View all] socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 OP

when people are self-policing, refusing to "rock the boat" too much, lest their masters disapprove villager Jun 2012 #1

Yep they buy into the bullshit that ......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #3

Well ranted the other one Jun 2012 #2

Thank you......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #5

+1. Good question. nt tblue Jun 2012 #91

It is going to have to get ugly. russspeakeasy Jun 2012 #4

Or to the Russians prior to October '17......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #7

Historically, it's the only thing that has ever worked. OffWithTheirHeads Jun 2012 #11

Yep. There's no guarantee, but......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #17

Yeah, that really worked out great, didn't it? TheWraith Jun 2012 #20

Well we've all known whose side you're on.......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #25

+100 alittlelark Jun 2012 #36

plus another one hundred. chknltl Jun 2012 #44

...another one hundred and one villager Jun 2012 #49

+1,000,000,000,000 Odin2005 Jun 2012 #62

And +1000 truth2power Jun 2012 #82

Tell me, would you consider Albert Einstein to be sophomoric? white_wolf Jun 2012 #34

How often is the turnover for the planners? FrodosPet Jun 2012 #69

Both systems have their issues DireStrike Jun 2012 #105

"...can there be a true accountability without having an......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #118

We have the Internet FrodosPet Jul 2012 #119

Uh, who's side are you on again? Zalatix Jun 2012 #46

Psuedo? tavalon Jun 2012 #51

Which side are you on hobbit709 Jun 2012 #68

Absolutely Fab! Caretha Jun 2012 #113

Bullshit. Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2012 #104

Yes, the idea of revolting sulphurdunn Jun 2012 #108

The US actually has very little in common with Russia in 1917 RZM Jun 2012 #37

We're in the same situation as far as ........... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #40

How about the French Revolution? Zalatix Jun 2012 #47

Don't know as much about France RZM Jun 2012 #55

Remarkably stable? tavalon Jun 2012 #53

Just don't see it RZM Jun 2012 #56

It could have been tavalon Jun 2012 #64

RZM Diclotican Jun 2012 #83

We've just lost (or are in the process of losing) two coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #93

The war comparisons don't work at all RZM Jun 2012 #94

Good points. I'm not sure I'd even dignify Iraq and Afghanistan with the label of 'war' myself, but coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #95

In RE to not calling them wars: ask the Iraqui and Afghani people that. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2012 #110

Yeah, I take your point. On a related note, I've been told coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #111

They've stopped playing ball w/us long ago. southerncrone Jun 2012 #48

The problem in my opinion is that everyone has their own agenda. Blanks Jun 2012 #75

Or the United States in the late 1800's/early 1900's. Marr Jun 2012 #60

Frederick Douglass already said it back in the 19th Century: coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #92

So we have a Napolean in our future? FrodosPet Jun 2012 #67

YES! YES! YES! Hotler Jun 2012 #116

There's a step or two beyond "non-cooperation" pscot Jun 2012 #6

Sure there is, BUT.......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #8

How people can excuse extracting profits xchrom Jun 2012 #9

The young have always died for Wall Street......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #16

+1 Zorra Jun 2012 #10

Things won't change until the people stop accepting the status quo... polichick Jun 2012 #12

So now we're supposed to emulate what we detest in others? WillowTree Jun 2012 #13

How much integrity is there in continuing to support an utterly and obviously corrupt system? marmar Jun 2012 #27

Thank you marmar. That was my point......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #29

Be my guest. But you know why they say it's folly to roll around in the mud with a pig, right? WillowTree Jun 2012 #58

Hey! Let's commit economic suicide FrodosPet Jun 2012 #70

And I thank you , marmar. You and socialist n tn are on the right track. eom truth2power Jun 2012 #85

Feel free to continue playing the game by THEIR rules. Zalatix Jun 2012 #57

Hear, Hear!!!!! mckara Jun 2012 #14

+1 white_wolf Jun 2012 #15

Today we have a dysfunctional congress SoutherDem Jun 2012 #18

That's because the electoral system in a bourgeoisie ...... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #19

Dysfunctional? cbrer Jun 2012 #65

Non-cooperation and getting in their face - TBF Jun 2012 #21

Well, as I said in another post......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #24

I agree. Eddie Haskell Jun 2012 #22

Naw, just a socialist.......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #23

Maybe I'm a hopeless optimist (not really) but, Marie Marie Jun 2012 #26

Actually I hope so too because.......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #28

Agreed. southerncrone Jun 2012 #50

Carlin didn't go quite far enough. Brigid Jun 2012 #30

Well, most people don't go far enough for me Brigid....... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #32

Holding signs, yelling, and having pre-approved marches will change things, surely. Comrade_McKenzie Jun 2012 #31

Ah yes, We just get SO much done with those.......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #33

.....heh..... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #38

During the Monica nonsense Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #35

And that's the whole point. They really DON'T care............ socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #39

One of these days we're going to see votes trump cash Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #41

It is Neo-America clang1 Jun 2012 #42

Yep. Whose side are you on?..... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #43

Not yours n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #112

And I'm not on yours....so get off my lawn Caretha Jun 2012 #114

Yep. It's always nice to know where people stand....... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #115

Well reasoned, and well stated. K&R Mira Jun 2012 #45

DU Rec nt woo me with science Jun 2012 #52

I agree with you Lifelong Protester Jun 2012 #54

+1 Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #59

Guillotine time. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #61

Awaken! - K&R n/t DeSwiss Jun 2012 #63

An American refusenik movement would work if enough people participate. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #66

The Rules Were Changed Mid-game Macoy51 Jun 2012 #72

Banks and corporations used to be expected to follow a moral obligation too lunatica Jun 2012 #74

Letting Republicans be themselves Shankapotomus Jun 2012 #71

K&R Leopolds Ghost Jun 2012 #73

Exactly!!! historian Jun 2012 #76

You don't cooperate with the system and it won't cooperate with you. dkf Jun 2012 #77

the system compels you to comply datasuspect Jun 2012 #78

You are free to not take out loans or join the military. dkf Jun 2012 #79

most of this country is a backwater datasuspect Jun 2012 #86

The American educational system doesn't teach kids the first thing about financial literacy. dkf Jun 2012 #87

That is by design datasuspect Jun 2012 #88

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How to pay off your credit cards for one. dkf Jun 2012 #98

This message was self-deleted by its author HangOnKids Jun 2012 #99

Read yesterday's entry on "The Picket Line" Ednahilda Jun 2012 #80

The author of the blog you linked chervilant Jun 2012 #96

I agree until your last sentence. chervilant Jun 2012 #81

"it's a small club and we're not in it." INdemo Jun 2012 #84

It is the duty mick063 Jun 2012 #89

Great rant. 100% agree. raouldukelives Jun 2012 #90

Students should look to Canada for directions WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2012 #100

Just remember the other side gets to play with the same rules Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #101

There are many students who will stand together but I really feel for the soldiers who do this. They jwirr Jun 2012 #102

Glad to be rec 123. n/t truedelphi Jun 2012 #103

Ah, but my personal ethics are independent from anyone else's. MineralMan Jun 2012 #106

You know, if you loaned me $100 I'd move Heaven and Earth......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #117

Everyone who buys their shit cooperates with the system CleanLucre Jun 2012 #107

Do not cooperate with the fascist system, do not cooperate with tthe war makers, do not cooperate Dont call me Shirley Jun 2012 #109