I'm not so sure I completely agree with that, Cody. I also wouldn't
completely disagree though. I'm a big Christopher Hitchens fan. So I tend
to see Dictators, especially Theocratic Dictators, and even heads of
religious organizations, including extremists, as a frightening plague in
society. And are almost always completely devoid of humanity and
compassion. American representative democracy certainly doesn't have any
kind of moral high-ground. So they're both destined to implode.

Which makes me wonder what a better system might look like. Would we be
better off with a decentralised voting system where there is only a
voluntary military force and taxes go towards health care and education? I
mean, I've been to Kuwait and Afghanistan. And at the risk of sounding
like some sort of capitalism apologist, I feel comfortable with saying that
the vast majority of people in the U.S. are better off than most other
countries in the world. Mostly because of, not in spite of, capitalistic
exploitation, but that's nothing new either. They didn't invent
profiteering and opportunism. I'm fairly sure, for better or worse,
capitalism has just about run it's course though. Smarter men than me
would have a difficult time speculating a time-frame, but it might be in
everyone's best interests to transition into something a sustainable. I
don't just mean renewable energy either. I've read Buckminster Fuller,
Jacque Fresco, seen all the Zeitgeist documentaries, Culture in Decline,
and countless other books and films. The unanswered question is how do we
even begin to establish a more adequate system? The irony is the founders
of America were trying to create a democratic utopia in complete opposition
to dictatorial Monarchies and the Catholic Tyranny. Only to give birth to
something that is arguably as bad or worse. I think those free-mason
occultists would be rolling in their graves if they knew how horribly we
squandered such a precious opportunity.

I digress, I constantly consider what the future might look like. I like
things like the Seasteading Institute and The Venus Project, but wouldn't
it be easier and in everyone's best interest to fix the system we have
instead of trying to start from scratch? Both options are daunting to say
the least, but obviously worth the effort.

I apologize about this lengthy disorganized rant, but it's worth discussing
and there so many intelligent and motivated people involved in these
discussions, we should be able to come up with some solutions or brainstorm
about steps in the right direction. Anyway, we can't count on the
capitalists or the government lead us into the future, because they only
benefit from keeping everything exactly the same. I'm interested and
anxious to know what everyone else's thoughts are.


-Robert


On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Cody R Wilson <codywilson@???>wrote:

> Just meant he was to be dismissed as a locus of insight. He wins awards
> and does commercials.
>
> We all know bureaucratic capitalism is a much scarier thing than any one
> tyrant.
> On Mar 14, 2014 4:23 AM, "Jacob" <jacobusbogers@???> wrote:
>
>> BBC is gatekeeper bullshit
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Bernd Jendrissek <
>> unsystem@???> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Robert Jakob <rsjakob@???> wrote:
>>> > I wouldn't go as far as saying Obama is a grocery clerk or a sales
>>> > men, but it's obvious that he's pushing an agenda contrary to what is
>>> > actually healthy for the populous.
>>>
>>> LOL, I don't even know what "Obama is a grocery clerk" is supposed to
>>> mean.
>>>
>>> > I think maybe the trick is that we think anyone is actually in charge,
>>> but
>>> > the reality is history is being driven by rich men for their own person
>>> > short term gains.
>>>
>>> "The establishment" / government / "the elite" / whatever are not
>>> monolithic. They consist of individuals who each have their individual
>>> agendas: career-building, gaining commercial advantage, or even
>>> ideology. These individuals often cooperate, but only loosely
>>> (compared to the grand conspiracies that anti-establishment types
>>> often invoke).
>>>
>>> > I know one thing for certain if I were running the show
>>> > Cody Wilson wouldn't be allowed on network TV. So either they don't
>>> > consider him a threat or he just hasn't threatened the right people
>>> yet.
>>>
>>> Or maybe there is no conspiracy. Maybe the host and the show managers
>>> just want to make a name for themselves, interviewing "edgy" /
>>> "controversial" people, as a result gathering they eyeballs that they
>>> covet.
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