there's no point in trying to legislate when they know that everything they do will be sabotaged by the opposition.

bingo. who would care what a cretin thinks. now, the next problem is what do you do when they still get a say in what your life and the lives of others will be like?

their value system is completely opposed to ours. there is no point in any kind of good faith debate. they want in groups and out groups. they cannot be reasoned with. drop that entire concept and ask yourself what comes next if the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

i wonder if it's possible to know where the stage would be set up in advance. i wonder if you could plant explosives that can evade detection.

the biggest resistance is coming from the owner class. the great fear is that we could enter into an age where human labor isn't needed and it becomes feasible to have a society where resources just get distributed for free because everything* is* practically free.

the great touring jam bands provided a wonderful environment to meet new people in back in the 90's. the parking lots of grateful dead and phish concerts were chock full of society's misfits, many of them well-read and witty (some of them not-so-much). It was not introverted at all - there were so many outgoing, lively, and fun people.

i think many of you are more outgoing than you give yourself credit for. you just live in a world where you don't want to mingle with the inhabitants, and i think that might even reflect a skewed view of the outside world. i'm pretty far left and i still have fun in bars in little ranch towns in the western states. most of those people are more fun than your average morose, urban-dwelling shoe gazer.

But the graduation percentages are all that matters.

capitalism ruins everything. this is literally the money changers in the temple. the only temple that actually matters.

and while i agree that people should get a proper liberal education, higher learning has been watered down to accommodate all the idiots that don't want to be there but have to have a degree to join the workforce. there are people who actually want to deep dive into their studies but are subjected to dumbed down classes.

so there's a part of me that doesn't want them to be there. honestly, i think people should take trade courses for certification and leave higher learning to those who are higher learners.

and both should be free.

and you should have to pass a knowledge test in order to vote.

thank you. i'm glad somebody has a memory longer than last week. this also feeds right back into my belief that it is not the politicians that are the problem (they're just a symptom), it's conservatives in general. if we are going to live in a society, they have to be removed from it.

good luck with either.

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music? Would you hold it near as it were your own? It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung I don't know, don't really care Let there be songs to fill the air Ripple in still water When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow

you're a one trick pony. you just say "read marx" and strut around like that meant something. people don't have to read marx to have valid opinions. i hope you can grow up to discover other things.