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originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
Tell that to the hippies of the 60's who rejected traditional values and were responsible for enacting the biggest revolution in modern day history, against TPTB.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
You've got your wires crossed mate. Traditionalism is how the central power keeps the masses under control, TPTB fears progressive values, because it takes the power away from the elites to control the masses and gives it to the people.
Those hippies from the 60s are the elite now, and have been for a couple of decades at least.
You think that "progressivism" is new?... naa, it's been done plenty of times and each time led to dictatorial regimes but under other names.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
That's completely false, all dictatorial regimes have come about though traditionalism and conservative values. The US was built on progressive values and it could have remained that way, but then the corporation was born and capitalism took over from democracy.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
Maybe some of the pseudo hippies are now the elite, but not the true hippies, who were serious about changing the status quo of the day. That's why Nixon declared 'war on drugs' in 1971, to shut down the movement and ensure the hardcore hippies would never be able to to have elite positions within society.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
That's completely false, all dictatorial regimes have come about though traditionalism and conservative values. The US was built on progressive values and it could have remained that way, but then the corporation was born and capitalism took over from democracy.
The Clinton's did drugs, even Obama has stated to have indulged in drugs in his younger days, sometimes I don't even think he has gotten off them.
No, what you claim is what's completely false. The red revolutions goal has always been to destroy traditional values, and certain conservative views
The biggest corporation was born from the hand of progressive democrats.
Capitalism didn't take over from democracy. The idea of free markets existed and worked well for thousands of years before corporations came around.