FunnyMoney
29th January 2011, 03:39 PM
First of all , since when has democracy really worked anyway? The founding fathers of the USA never inteded there to be a democracy. Two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. But once again we see the ability to provide for one's personal protection all but forgotten - except there are arms, unfortunately mostly in the hands of the wrong people.
Add to the list, the former USSR, South Africa, China, Mexico and a case can be made for the USA as well. Revolution doesn't work out too well. Some might disagree. Centralized political powers, central banks and their government institutions usually do quite well following the aftermath of revolution. The more centralized and absolute power becomes, the more corrupt it becomes.
The reason most revolutions amount to little or no good is that those asking for change miss the point. What do they ask for, these revolutionaries? Whatever it is, I can tell you what it is not....
It is not an end to taxation.
It is not an end to centralized and corporate backed power.
It is not a move toward local control and local agendas combined with individual personal responsibility.
It is not an end to paper money, bloated military budgets and counter-productive agendas.
One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government. - Ron Paul
No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine. - J Edgar Hoover
One man with a gun can control one hundred without one. - Vladimir Lenin
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. — Marcus Aurelius
Add to the list, the former USSR, South Africa, China, Mexico and a case can be made for the USA as well. Revolution doesn't work out too well. Some might disagree. Centralized political powers, central banks and their government institutions usually do quite well following the aftermath of revolution. The more centralized and absolute power becomes, the more corrupt it becomes.
The reason most revolutions amount to little or no good is that those asking for change miss the point. What do they ask for, these revolutionaries? Whatever it is, I can tell you what it is not....
It is not an end to taxation.
It is not an end to centralized and corporate backed power.
It is not a move toward local control and local agendas combined with individual personal responsibility.
It is not an end to paper money, bloated military budgets and counter-productive agendas.
One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government. - Ron Paul
No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine. - J Edgar Hoover
One man with a gun can control one hundred without one. - Vladimir Lenin
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. — Marcus Aurelius