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Originally posted by Crabmeat
Those people who are 'screwing things up for us', as you put it, are not just like you or I. They're probably a multitude more intelligent, with a much grander perspective of the world and humanity.
It's part of the reason why those people are who they are. The fate of the human race doesn't sit on incompetent shoulders, but it doesn't rest on a compassionate heart either.
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Originally posted by Crabmeat
Shearder, if you believe that money and power is what motivates these people then I can't see how you'd be more intelligent than GWB. I don't mean that as an insult, and I'm sorry if it comes off as one.
"I can tell you now i am more intelligent than*GWB and you may laugh..... It's simply a statement which I believe is fact ...". First, you asked me if I knew what you mean, and let me respond yes.
Now back to the issue. This statement is true in what it tells us about the nature of power. Power is relative to the perspective. There's fame and stardom, but this isn't power, it's being dressed up and skanked around on television. There's the ability to control others, but who wants power that makes you into an as.... eh I don't wanna say it, I'll lose all my ATS points again.
Money is the most brilliant scheme ever concocted by man, especially the mannerism in which the founding fathers of America approached it. There was a time, in America's early history, that we needed resources. What did we do? We turned tree's into dollar bills. What did we do with those dollar bills? We exported them all over the world and traded it for real things. You see where I'm going?
If we need more of a resource we just print more paper, and everyone opens their doors to trading REAL THINGS for paper. That's why America is in so much debt, with no hope of breaking even.