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Why would I try….there’s no point…..never has been. Total waste of time.
and be proven right later......
What are you hoping for.......someone who sits on the fence....someone unsure of themselves.....someone who can never make up their mind? Are you hoping for someone who says they feel a certain way about a subject but they are not sure? I believe what I believe and what I believe is the same as many other people......and until viable proof is put forth otherwise, I'll continue to believe what I believe.
Do you know who Peter Joseph is? You'll probably have to look it up. He and I have faced the same type of people. I'm in good company.
It’s not socialism LOL. You don’t understand socialism. To begin with there are many types.
Unfortunately, it seems to go against human nature.
Yeah….greed.
Some people want to make things better, more equal, balanced, just. Others want to stay in the status-quo.
People have become so indoctrinated and so ‘boxed in’ that they have become the abused wife who feels she is the one who is wrong and her husband has every right to do what he does.
Why has socialism failed? Simply because its leaders have never bought into the theory.
The leaders in many cases did buy into the theory but, like many human beings they became greedy. Although I am not religious in the general sense, did you ever notice that the original sin.....that little incident that got those two kicked out of Eden.....was 'greed'. And since then, despite how many times we see it, despite how many times we talk abou it........no one does anything about it.
There are other reasons socialism in many cases has not worked, one is pressure from the outside, from capitalism. Make no mistake, between the two, it's a war.
but until you can re-invent human beings, it will be nothing more than a pipe dream.
The thing is you have divided life up into ‘isms’, instead of thinking out of the box to look for a balance and workable concept taking into consideration all aspects of all ideas. The concept we live under now is based on a form of slavery and subjugation. You have your hierarchy with the power and the money and those below them who are manipulated to make the money for those above. It’s a game as I have often said and you and others are the pawns. The world could be a much better place but people have bought into the idea that the status quo is all there is.
There is a theory out there that if you took all of the worlds wealth and possessions and divided them equally amongst everyone - within ten years, the 1% who own most of it now, would own it again.
That’s too simplified and probably a theory promoted by the 1%. And how could the 1% own it all again.....if they were not allowed to. We have rules in our own society. Rules based on justice and balance so that all people have equal rights. It is not equal when a politician takes money and wastes it. It is not equal when governments lie and bring people into war. It is not equal when countries take from others and muder or degrade them. It is not equal when business takes jobs away from workers to benefit themselves.
There is also a theory that everyone can have a job, something that they contribute to society. Also everyone can have whatever they want because everyone is working and each worker is making the best of whatever product there is. There is also no need for money. Money is the dividing force that separates people and creates unbalanced power and greed. It is against nature, and for the most part human kind is the only animal who does this. Too lengthy to go into here.
Humans differ from each other in many ways. There are those who are happy with a small slice of the pie and there are those who want to own the bakery. There are those who are generous and those who are greedy. There are those who are happy to go about their day-to-day life and for them, a happy familylife is all that they want. And, then there are those who would sacrifice everything for money and power. There are billionaires out there who want more - they could care less about the money - making more is the game to them - it is their motivation.
Agreed, but all of these things can still happen (well most of them). Do you like people who like money and power? Do you like the Joe Fontana’s of the world? (and he’s just small potatoes). Do you like governments who take and waste our money and never really listen to the people? Do you like governments who get people into war for their own greed or that of their friends? Do you like big business who take jobs away from people and manipulate the workforce so that they personally make more and more money while everyone else is just making ends meet?
You are like many people, probably most people, who just say this is the way people are, ho-hum and we can’t do a thing about it. You’ve lost before you even tried.
Now all they need to do is get everyone to buy into it.
And that’s what is happening….slowly.
to date, our experiences with charismatic leaders has not been good.
There are different types of ‘charisma’. Not all have been not-good. Kennedy was good, Gandhi was good, Mother Theresa was good in most ways, even the famous Christ was good (until others destroyed the basics)….and there have been many more. Those who were not good were more ‘svengalies’, the greedy.
They make the money, they get the power, they make the deals and you pay for it.
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I never said that. I said it would be a waste of time to explain.
but respect that other people may have different opinions.
I do not disrespect others opinions…..I just vehemently disagree some of them….at which point some people consider that something they don't like.
However I will never apologize for my views on bigots or racists or the greedy or anyone promoting hatred towards others based on race, religion or colour.
as to believe that others who believe differently do so because they are…..etc etc
But they are. They just don’t see it and certainly don’t want to admit it. Not an uncommon attribute.
The prophet Jeremiah: 179 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
Speaking of indoctrination! Religion gets the academy award.
Enjoy what you believe….be my guest. The world and the people in it are much larger. I had a great discussion today with a Hindu doctor, an forensic anthropologist and an 87 year old artist, all in the same room. It was a........... pleasure.
As for Peter Joseph, I hadn't even heard of him until three days ago. I found it interesting that his views and mine, ones that I have held for many years, were very similar.
