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Originally posted by graphicsman1977
the fallacy of the argument regarding the rich paying lower taxes is widely believed and distributed amongst those of us not making millions. That's quite sad, because it shows an innate biase towards those who succeed, and an unwillingness to digest proper fact.
1. The rich pay more taxes than anyone in this country, accounting for 52% of the total tax burden, while comprising a mere 2-5% of the population.
Originally posted by Voxel
BTW, I kind of agree, the ultimate goal of our revolution should be to have nonviolent change.
Originally posted by Project_Silo
I honestly do not see anyway around it anymore.If a major "terrorist" attack does happen and they implament a police state....it's on.If i get a knock on the door you can bet your rear end I'm not going any where and they are not coming in.
Originally posted by Focused_Life
Hey if a snowball at boston can start a revolution why can't a thread on a website? We should all take a march down to washington storm into congress and demand to remove bush..
Originally posted by Zenspider
I do not mean to demean anyone here - but....without some major military support you guys are not taking anything back soon.
Source: US Constitution; Bill of Rights--2nd Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Originally posted by merryxmas
I'm torn. Not on how I feel about it but on how it would actually unfold. I love the idealism in JFK's quote "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." but I feel that with the conditioning and practice the soldiers have I don't see any reason why they wouldn't be used against US citizens.
Originally posted by ninthaxis
America won its independence from a violent revolution.
Originally posted by Justin Oldham
Right now, your best revolutionary option is your vote and all that goes along with it.
Originally posted by Justin Oldham
choose ballots over bullets
Originally posted by merryxmas
But when you say "we will take it back" I'm not so sure. What makes you think we will take it back? ... I can't sense that palpable energy, that oneness that people speak about when they were joined together in the 1960's. ... I only see a revolution of any sort (peaceful or otherwise) going forward if you can get an entire state to declare it's secession from the Union. Only then would people start paying attention and start believing in the power of change once again.
Originally posted by uberarcanist
Yes, it's true American gov't corruption is at an apparent all-time high. Yes, it's true that there are both implicit and explicit calls for violent revolution on this forum and elsewhere.
For the love of God (or reason, take your pick), please don't do it!!!
Let's go back to the early 1900s. The Russians thought they were getting rid of their tyrants, but instead they went from the frying pan into the fire, setting the stage for 70 years of ultra-oppressive communism.
Is this really what we want for our country?