re: War as a purgative for society? An outlet for the restless youth?

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It's pure and simple berserk.

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Yeah true, Ive just reached the point I where I now tend to stop and calm myself so I can avoid those moments. As I said, it's been 9 years since the last one I where I lost almost full control, and I'm only 28.

What scares me is the generation of people being born who will have never had to deal with learning to control themselves. When the world burns, they will be the one lighting the candle.


You didn't SWIDT? Must have skimmed my post.

Gorilla

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Screws fall out,

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The world wide monetary system is a joke. The dollar is the universally accepted world wide currency(or something like that). We all know thats a joke. A dollar ain't worth a dime anymore. There is no precious metals to back up the money out there. In fact the only solid item you can hold in your hand, money, is being replaced by numbers transferred from one computer to another. House of cards ...???

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Tolstoy dissects how governments continuously supplant the governments that precede them with the promise of improvement for the people,

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Hummmm .... I wonder where that is happening. The fundamental change of America!??! A bloodless takeover.

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but all governments-- without exception-- end up oppressing their citizens. A ruling class always rises in some capacity and it is in the interest of the ruling class to limit the freedom and prosperity of the general population

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Hence why people are lead into a promised land with ideals of perfect lives. The sheeple. Resistance becomes futile. It's an ideal for the imperfect world = epic fail. But our only hope is joining the other side.

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His solution, in as much as I've read, is passive resistance, as exemplified by Jesus..

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I think one doesn't have to be a believer that Jesus is the son of God or even that there is a God to see that one would be a better person by living as it is recorded that he did. Passive resistance would be great if it worked. The very person he chose died a violent death. I am a Christian. I will argue that his passive resistance was the beginning of much trouble. Or should I begin some passive resistance. Maybe I'll buy a rebel flag and hang in front of my house.

Would passive resistance work immediately following a new take over? I believe most cases of passive resistance that worked is when the comet of a nation is dying out.

As noted earlier I subjugated myself to the U.S. gov't with no claims of descent. Even as a punk kid I knew I may have to and was ready to take lives at the order of the superiors. That shows just much I believe in passive resistance in an imperfect world.

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Gandhi, citing Tolstoy as a huge influence, struck up a correspondence with him, and implemented these ideas to peacefully overthrow the colonial British government in India... a peaceful war that succeeded... no small feat.

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That would an example that was better but there was much more going on during that time. I would like a professional opinion before believing a skinny little man was the sole cause for Britain to give up such a rich nation. Britain has given other countries/territories their freedom in recent history also. Any passive resistance was bolstered by a rapidly softened nation slowly slipping into the wimpishness joining the rest of Europe.

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Even knowing that it will do me no good to study the authors of socialism.

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When one knows the enemy they are better prepared to take them on. Even knowing this enemy in my case will do no good. I pretty much get the jest of their ideals. I know that they will never work in an imperfect world. I thank you for the advice just the same.