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Grouchio posted:So I've been reading William Greider's One World: Ready or Not 1996 novel on the Loony Global Economic Revolution, and my dad's been reading novels about the threat of corporate states in Blade Runner style. Have you ever played Shadowrun? It's coming, just without any of the cool poo poo like trolls or magic. More realistically: 1) When the last dollar has been sucked out of the last non-trillionaire on Earth and the 20-30 trillionaires left can finally see who "won." 2)Is this a serious question? We've been corporate for a long, long, long loving time. It sucks. 3)As thoroughly and unwillingly hosed as a naive aspiring actress called to see Bill Cosby alone.
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While its certainly naive to think that we're ever going to get another FDR its quite funny to think that this system isn't inviting a rather bad backlash that power hungry personalities would be more than happy to ride to grant them said power. Also it ignores how our current system largely still relies on there really only being one superpower, which allows mega corps do exist with their power. When a true multipolar world emerge you'll definitely see multinationals have to pick sides and be limited in their abilities.
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Apr 3, 2015 03:46
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There's a couple things that could come in the next hundred years that are capable of radically restructuring the entirety of society, and a couple things that could basically cement the status quo of plutocracy for basically the next thousand years. Some of them are the same things! One of them may happen, and it's fun to think about which one happens first!
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Apr 3, 2015 04:36
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So should I give up hope that good progressive changes to society, infrastructure and/or technology will come this century as the corporations bleed us dry? Or can we fight back?
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Apr 3, 2015 05:45
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Has this been posted? Cause it's glorious: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/04/watch-pat-buchanan-school-hannity-iran Hannity's such a twat.
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Apr 3, 2015 05:50
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Grouchio posted:So should I give up hope that good progressive changes to society, infrastructure and/or technology will come this century as the corporations bleed us dry? Or can we fight back? Corporations bled us dry a hundred years ago. So basically it could go either way.
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Apr 3, 2015 05:53
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Mr Interweb posted:Has this been posted? Cause it's glorious: am i on dmt
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Apr 3, 2015 06:17
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cams posted:Pat Buchanan referring to George W as "your president" to Sean Hannity while criticizing Israel and fearmongering. Buchanan's president is David Duke.
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Apr 3, 2015 06:20
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Pope Guilty posted:Buchanan's president is David Duke. Pat Buchanan's president is Pat Buchanan.
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Apr 3, 2015 06:22
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Party Plane Jones posted:Pat Buchanan's president is Pat Buchanan. This. The only thing that could have made it funnier was if Ron Paul was there too. Ron and Pat know their history, I don't necessarily agree with their conclusions but they certainly are thinking for themselves instead of uncritically repeating GOP talking points du jure.
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Apr 3, 2015 06:28
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In the entirety of human history, things have started lovely and have stayed lovely. Our lives now are nasty, brutish, and oh so unmercifully long.
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Apr 3, 2015 06:59
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VanSandman posted:In the entirety of human history, things have started lovely and have stayed lovely. Our lives now are nasty, brutish, and oh so unmercifully long. How's life with all that edge?
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Apr 3, 2015 07:02
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Mr Interweb posted:Has this been posted? Cause it's glorious: This is a motherfucking pro-click. Watching Pat Buchanan not only eat Hannity's lunch but also call him a coward on TV is the smile of the week. Seriously, Hannity is such a whiny, chickenhawk little poo poo I can't believe he's an actual right wing persona. Seriously, they have carte blanche to run a right wing TV network and this guy is among the best they can do? MC Nietzche fucked around with this message at 11:06 on Apr 3, 2015 |
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Apr 3, 2015 11:03
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Mr Interweb posted:Has this been posted? Cause it's glorious: It's odd seeing someone from the 60s America being the sane one.
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Apr 3, 2015 11:53
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I was pumped about that Nixon book until I found out who wrote it. Now I'm not sure whether to read it or not.
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Apr 3, 2015 12:15
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Mr Interweb posted:Has this been posted? Cause it's glorious: "Hussein" 
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Apr 3, 2015 14:21
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Quote of the last January, “After so many years of sluggish growth, we’re finally starting to see some economic data that can provide a glimmer of hope; the uptick appears to coincide with the biggest political change of the Obama Administration’s long tenure in Washington: the expectation of a new Republican Congress.” ~ Mitch McConnell. Quote of the morning, "This report clearly shows that President Obama's efforts have not done enough to grow our economy and create jobs fast enough. It's very disappointing to see that job creation slowed down in March... Republicans in Congress know that their efforts to restore the economy have only just begun." ~ Reince Priebus.
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Apr 3, 2015 14:22
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Joementum posted:Quote of the last January, “After so many years of sluggish growth, we’re finally starting to see some economic data that can provide a glimmer of hope; the uptick appears to coincide with the biggest political change of the Obama Administration’s long tenure in Washington: the expectation of a new Republican Congress.” ~ Mitch McConnell. You're an idiot if you didn't see this coming.
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Apr 3, 2015 14:34
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Grouchio posted:So should I give up hope that good progressive changes to society, infrastructure and/or technology will come this century as the corporations bleed us dry? Or can we fight back? Corporations will continue to bleed us dry. Get in with a big one now before they start constructing war mechs and battling over the remaining resources.
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Apr 3, 2015 14:39
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Grouchio posted:So should I give up hope that good progressive changes to society, infrastructure and/or technology will come this century as the corporations bleed us dry? Or can we fight back? We're all hosed.
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Apr 3, 2015 14:47
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I'm still half convinced that the nonstop cynicism from Dems is a propaganda move from the GOP that is self sustaining. Then again I know partisans on the right and they bitch just as much about the end times.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:05
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Mr Interweb posted:Has this been posted? Cause it's glorious: A Tom Cotton trigger warning should be attached to this video. Pat Buchanan makes more sense on FP than a ton of democrats which is pretty sad. mcmagic fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Apr 3, 2015 |
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Apr 3, 2015 15:08
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computer parts posted:I'm still half convinced that the nonstop cynicism from Dems is a propaganda move from the GOP that is self sustaining. Maybe if they'd stop sending me 50 fundraising emails a day all named ALL HOPE IS LOST, IT'S OVER, OBAMACARE REPEALED, etc!!
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Apr 3, 2015 15:17
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computer parts posted:I'm still half convinced that the nonstop cynicism from Dems is a propaganda move from the GOP that is self sustaining. The "end times" look very, very different to a right winger versus a left winger - god-created vs man-created apocalypse. I don't know many sane leftists who actually think we're about to be Left Behind, but a lot that think our current situation has no way out, so we're hosed in the long run.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:20
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A holiday message from one of Michigan's own. Todd Courser posted:
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Apr 3, 2015 15:20
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How could that message not be interpreted as a direct middle finger to at least half those groups? Or was that the intent?
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Apr 3, 2015 15:22
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Radbot posted:The "end times" look very, very different to a right winger versus a left winger - god-created vs man-created apocalypse. I don't know many sane leftists who actually think we're about to be Left Behind, but a lot that think our current situation has no way out, so we're hosed in the long run. I'm not talking about Rapture, I'm talking about "the Gays are forcing their marriage through/alcohol is legal/prayer is illegal/other crazy poo poo so we are living in a corrupt society with no way out". That latter part is why the gist is the same - there's a feeling of loss of control and your society changing from how you want it to be. (even though in reality the society we have *now* and/or when they were born is far from how they remember it)
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Apr 3, 2015 15:26
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Mr Interweb posted:Has this been posted? Cause it's glorious:  Goddamn I loathe Buchanan, but he's a pro in that segment. Hannity spends like five minutes trying to save face and pretend that Buchanan doesn't know anything about history. The production staff must've been laughing their asses off.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:40
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I still don't understand how Jesus getting executed redeemed something. They always state this like it's such an obvious fact and I just do not understand why it is supposed to mean anything.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:42
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Wulfolme posted:I still don't understand how Jesus getting executed redeemed something. They always state this like it's such an obvious fact and I just do not understand why it is supposed to mean anything. The story goes Jesus took our sins, died, and freed us from them by taking them with him to the sin vault or something. It's the whole sacrifice thing.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:52
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Wulfolme posted:I still don't understand how Jesus getting executed redeemed something. They always state this like it's such an obvious fact and I just do not understand why it is supposed to mean anything. It's complicated.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:56
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So does the phrase "fall on the sword" just not exist in y'all's vocabulary or what?
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Apr 3, 2015 15:58
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Wulfolme posted:I still don't understand how Jesus getting executed redeemed something. They always state this like it's such an obvious fact and I just do not understand why it is supposed to mean anything. Debts must be paid. The scales must be balanced. The wages of sin is death, and only the death of an immaculate savior could pay the debt of original sin. Christ redeems the irredeemable. It makes a lot more sense when you consider the logic comes out of a culture that believed sacrifices and burnt offerings could appease a wrathful god. This is why Jesus is called the lamb of god, because he's the sacrifice god gave himself.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:59
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PhilippAchtel posted:the sacrifice god gave himself. See, this poo poo. I see no way this can make sense. That it makes sense has to be taken as a given and then everything can build from there if it has to. No sir, I don't like it.
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Apr 3, 2015 16:03
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Radbot posted:How could that message not be interpreted as a direct middle finger to at least half those groups? Or was that the intent? "I love you all so much, but gently caress you"
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Apr 3, 2015 16:06
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Wulfolme posted:See, this poo poo. I see no way this can make sense. That it makes sense has to be taken as a given and then everything can build from there if it has to. No sir, I don't like it.
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Apr 3, 2015 16:06
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CommieGIR posted:"I love you all so much, but gently caress you" "Bless your heart" in longform.
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Apr 3, 2015 16:07
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How to make a cocktail, according to the US Department of Agriculture Forrest Service, 1974.
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Apr 3, 2015 16:07
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PhilippAchtel posted:Debts must be paid. The scales must be balanced. The wages of sin is death, and only the death of an immaculate savior could pay the debt of original sin. Christ redeems the irredeemable. A small correction here. According to what is written Jesus presented the sacrifice later when he was in heaven. Unless one prescribe to the whole Jesus is literally God the almighty belief then it is very confusing.
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Joementum posted:How to make a cocktail, according to the US Department of Agriculture Forrest Service, 1974. Ag Men.
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