My anti-military thread..

[orsk]

Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Voting with bricks is much more direct.

Actually voting by votes is more direct, cus votes are placed by voters, so to be as direct as possible voting with votes is more direct.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by orsk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Actually voting by votes is more direct, cus votes are placed by voters, so to be as direct as possible voting with votes is more direct.

Voting is de facto indirect action. You say your opinion, and trust someone else to do what is best.

I prefer direct action to accomplish my goals.

[Hasbinbad]

HBB schoolin the bourgeoisie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_action

[Daldolma]

Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Except that I'm not and I'm not. I'm a white middle class dude. I just give a shit. If I didn't, I'd get mine, Jack.

fun fact over 85% of americans identify as either middle class, upper-middle class, or working class

[orsk]

Originally Posted by Hasbinbad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Voting is de facto indirect action. You say your opinion, and trust someone else to do what is best.

I prefer direct action to accomplish my goals.

SO is this thread accomplishing your goals yet?

[Faerie Blossom]

Hasbinbad is a caricature of himself.

[Daldolma]

other fun fact, people that self-identify as 'upper class' are 3 times more likely to self-identify as democrats than as republicans.

[Ephirith]

Our representation is unhealthy because people are fucking ignorant. They don't take an active interest in politics, and they don't put any real sincerity or effort into making the right political choices. You're right to say that the line between a vote and a real political outcome has been clouded by corruption and money, because it has... but that has just as much to do with corruption at the top as it does with decay at the bottom.

You can not have a healthy state with an ignorant electorate. It got this way because people were too fucking stupid to run the system properly. One nice thing about our system is you can't blame all your problems on the elite without looking like an ass, because the only way it got that way is because you fucked up your duty as a citizen and let a nice, semi-functional republic-system become a real oligarchy.

Yet you probably think you're speaking in everyone's best interests when you want to throw a brick at the establishment. When someone like you feels like they need to opt out of the system just because they aren't getting their way, that just undermines everything. I think a more fair and a more effective use of your time would be to encourage other people to speak in their own best interests until the system works again, instead if chimping out like a god damned somalian.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by orsk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

SO is this thread accomplishing your goals yet?

Yes.

However, the goals behind making this thread are not the same goals as I was alluding to.

This thread was made to troll gung ho douchebags, and it has largely been successful.

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Ephirith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

(meaningless words) .. I think a more fair and a more effective use of your time would be to encourage other people to speak in their own best interests until the system works again, instead if chimping out like a god damned somalian.

Because talking has done so much good in the past?