30-11-2013, 07:39 PM
Tracy Riddle Wrote:I used to allow myself some hope when I was younger, but now that's pretty much gone. The people running this planet are no better than Mafia thugs - organized crime has now truly gone "legit," Michael Corleone's dream (another example of life imitating art). And the masses of people are too brainwashed, or too drugged up or distracted or frightened, or just struggling to survive every day. There are too few people like us who have the time to figure out what's going on.
As things stand I can't offer some 'umphf' to engender more hope. There are days I loose all of mine. But, I think we should act as if there is hope, just in case we are wrong - for to let hopelessness prevent us from trying and acting would be a sign of defeat to an evil enemy, and ipso facto rule out any chance, no matter how slim, of pulling out of this mess [cubed]. I for one, though pessimistic, am not yet defeated and plan to go down swinging. ::club::
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass