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Originally posted by musashi9
People don't overthrow because there is no good reason to. Only silly conspiracy theories and theory nuts who think the end of America is soon.
At the end of the day you still live in a great country and you are still very much free people.
You people don't realise how easy you have it and you have no idea what a tyrant is.
Originally posted by vexati0n
The bottom line is their biggest weakness is right in front of us, and yet these revolutionaries would rather choose violence.
TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS
TALK TO YOUR COWORKERS
Honestly convince people of your position.
Build a coalition.
VOTE.
STOP LISTENING TO THE POLITICAL PARTIES.
Stop listening to the NEWS.
LEARN ABOUT THINGS ON YOUR OWN. Do the hard work of research and self-education. You might realize that you're not as RIGHT AS YOU THINK YOU ARE. You might realize that VIOLENCE SOLVES NOTHING.
VOTE.
I wrote a thread with your same ideal this is part of it i picked up on it surfing people are geting mad
there will be riots as the people are withdrawn from the addiction of entitlement. It is the natural course of events.
The ineptitude and impotence of the federal government will become more and more apparent
The federal government will implode unto itself resulting in food riots, violence, panic and despair but not anything greater than other generations have faced. The saving grace, the lifeline, will be the states and the rise of their power again
building from the ground up, eliminating entire levels of local government in order to just survive.
The spontaneous organization of people at the ground level to look not to government but to look to their neighbors, their church, their temple, secure their family and then see who needs help.
Once stability is restored the economy will start again but
not with imports from foreign lands because their collapse will be far greater, far more violent, far more starvation as they are ripped from the American tit of consumption.
the government must stay out of our way and allow our heart and strength to forge us, as generations before us has
will it take our kids to make it work??
the government works for use,they need to be reminded
they right now have there hands in everythang evan our toothpaste
our every move.
GOD BLESS OUR KIDS
edit on 31-8-2012 by madenusa because: more thoughts
Enormous federal programs such as Social Security, Medicare and the recently pass Healthcare Reform. What happened to the enumerated powers?
Not that aid to citizens is wrong but it was never intended to be the role of the federal government.
That's what the 10th amendment was for, reserving all other powers than those enumerated to the federal government for the states.
The states should be providing these programs if they so choose and if they work they will compete with other states for populace and hence power in the House. This is how it was meant to be.
the states are engaging in no competition other than that for federal funds.
VOTE!
It's still possible for the People to take back the government USING THE MEANS WE SET UP FOR THAT 240 YEARS AGO. VOTE!
Less than half of Americans vote. FIX THAT FIRST. Plead your case in the court of public opinion. Give people something to think about. Wait for ideas to spread. Press for enlightenment. Challenge people's assumptions. That's how you affect change in a democracy. NOT WITH A "REVOLUTION."
Anyone who resorts to violence is only illustrating how little they know about how society works. If they're willing to use violence to achieve their political goals? WHY WOULD I WANT TO LIVE IN A SOCIETY THEY RULE? They'll just turn their "revolution" against dissenters. See: RUSSIA; CHINA; etc.
ETA: If you plead and beg and try to convince people, and your ideas still don't come out on top, that means you LOSE THE ARGUMENT, and our DEMOCRACY has decided to do SOMETHING ELSE. Just because you don't like it doesn't give you the right to start a CIVIL WAR. Even if it's contrary to what you think "America" is "supposed to be," well, that's YOUR idea, but it isn't AMERICA's idea. That's how it works. If you don't like it, and you'd rather live someplace where weird religious or economic ideas can be enforced by "Revolution," then move somewhere else like China or Iran.edit on 31-8-2012 by vexati0n because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by vexati0n
The bottom line is their biggest weakness is right in front of us, and yet these revolutionaries would rather choose violence.
TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS
TALK TO YOUR COWORKERS
Honestly convince people of your position.
Build a coalition.
VOTE.
STOP LISTENING TO THE POLITICAL PARTIES.
Stop listening to the NEWS.
LEARN ABOUT THINGS ON YOUR OWN. Do the hard work of research and self-education. You might realize that you're not as RIGHT AS YOU THINK YOU ARE. You might realize that VIOLENCE SOLVES NOTHING.
VOTE.
VOTE!
It's still possible for the People to take back the government USING THE MEANS WE SET UP FOR THAT 240 YEARS AGO. VOTE!
Less than half of Americans vote. FIX THAT FIRST. Plead your case in the court of public opinion. Give people something to think about. Wait for ideas to spread. Press for enlightenment. Challenge people's assumptions. That's how you affect change in a democracy. NOT WITH A "REVOLUTION."
Anyone who resorts to violence is only illustrating how little they know about how society works. If they're willing to use violence to achieve their political goals? WHY WOULD I WANT TO LIVE IN A SOCIETY THEY RULE? They'll just turn their "revolution" against dissenters. See: RUSSIA; CHINA; etc.
ETA: If you plead and beg and try to convince people, and your ideas still don't come out on top, that means you LOSE THE ARGUMENT, and our DEMOCRACY has decided to do SOMETHING ELSE. Just because you don't like it doesn't give you the right to start a CIVIL WAR. Even if it's contrary to what you think "America" is "supposed to be," well, that's YOUR idea, but it isn't AMERICA's idea. That's how it works. If you don't like it, and you'd rather live someplace where weird religious or economic ideas can be enforced by "Revolution," then move somewhere else like China or Iran.edit on 31-8-2012 by vexati0n because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Mike.Ockizard
reply to post by glitchinthematrix
because when they try to organize they get wisked away in a black suv with tinted windows. BTW, postings like this get people locked up these days. Watch your back