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freshwest

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5. The problem is that chaos benefits authoritarians, strangely enough.
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 04:49 AM
Oct 2012

The anti-government types intend to destroy the government that has protected our civil rights. Their utopia will be a strong-man dictatorship who will eliminate those rights by letting the market rule everything.

The people with the money and organization to kill the liberal opposition are the Koch brothers and Tea Partiers, who see an immediate gain to themselves, especially those who are currently profting from private military contracts. They do want to privatize everything, even if it means that people are going to die, because they'll clean up.

They want this and are funding every venue to get people to go with it. Those who have gone the CT path expect mankind to be transformed. They believe a mystical force as yet unseen will make it all work out. Just like the Rapture crowd, the invisible hand will take care of tt.

The end of this government is not going to give anyone prosperity or freedom. It will allow them to eliminate anyone who doesn't agree with their theocracy. When governments fail, religion, strong men or corporations take over. We've seen it happen worldwide. Those who believe differertnly are just ignoring the trends. And most likely, they don't imagine they'll be the ones to suffer.


... Summer Hathaway Oct 2012 #1
As I recall, the counter to this argument is that you can't move forward by coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #2
Because the damage a Romney administration would do Freddie Oct 2012 #3
Actually, we had a "revolution" about 150 years ago (at least as historians coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #4
The problem is that chaos benefits authoritarians, strangely enough. freshwest Oct 2012 #5
I hope there are as many on the right who vote for Obama to bring the Apocalypse sooner (in their progree Oct 2012 #6
What was surprising is that the thread belongs to a fairly committed member of Occupy Los Angeles coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #7
Sounds like "vote for Nader and teach the Dems a lesson" logic Freddie Oct 2012 #8
Actually, I think the logic is closer to "Romney will make things so bad that coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #10
It's poor reasoning because I can't really think of a single instance... Spider Jerusalem Oct 2012 #9
The position struck me as somewhat jejune, but I was at a loss as to coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #14
First, revolutions are chaotic and unpredictable quaker bill Oct 2012 #11
Wonderful reply. Would it be OK with you if I copy and paste liberally into coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #16
An Iranian friend of mine said that what takes 500 years to advance civilization to modernity lunatica Oct 2012 #12
Another wonderful reply. Would it be OK if I cite you (and your friend) on the coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #17
I always thought her words were very wise lunatica Oct 2012 #18
47% of the country would blame President Obama ... dawg Oct 2012 #13
"It's a trick...get an axe." n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #15
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