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I don't think people are inherently scared, foolish and lazy. It would be far too pessimistic for me to believe that, and such notions would always lead to an authoritarian ideologies. People are also independent, free-minded, industrious and creative. I think our culture defines how these characteristics appear in our midst, on average. In a free society where culture is enough "up-to-date" to face the challenges and responsibilities of freedom people actually are more independent than scared, more intelligent than foolish and more creative than lazy.
I completely agree with Ogie and find it not only amazing but a bit scary too that people would rather choose PS than Fundy. Not that Fundamentalism is a nice system to live in, but judging by history Police State has achieved a lot more on the field of genocides etc. But it's not just the history that defines my aversion of PS. It's rather possible to theoretize the system Police State leads to...something a lot worse than Fundamentalism.
It's interesting how the feasibility of both true capitalism (unregulated free market) and true communism depend on people not being stupid ("Scared, Foolish, and Lazy" as Enigma put it).
True. Extreme libertarian and communist beliefs also have more in common than oftenly thought. Both societies promise freedom, dissolution of govermental control, economic prosperity and unity of all men.
"I'm having a sort of hard time paying attention because my automated teller has started speaking to me, sometimes actually leaving weird messages on the screen, in green lettering, like "Cause a Terrible Scene at Sotheby's" or "Kill the President" or "Feed Me a Stray Cat", and I was freaked out by the park bench that followed me for six blocks last Monday evening and it too spoke to me."
- Patrick Bateman, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
Fundy describes an adherence to one belief. Granted thats quite an infringement on personal liberty.
Sister Miriam has asked Friar Willy to remind everyone that the gate is not barred Any and all are free to take their chances with what waits on the other side
I am on a mission to see how much coffee it takes to actually achieve time travel.
I HATE fundamentalism, FM can KMA, Wealth---->greed
I would prefer Police State or Democracy, Green or Planned, Knowledge
Despot-(1a) : a ruler with absolute power and authority (1b) : a person exercising power tyrannically Beyond Alpha Centauri-Witness the glory of Sheng-ji Yang
*****Citizen of the Hive****
"...but what sane person would move from Hawaii to Indiana?" -Dis
and I'm with Comrade Jamski, I hate Miriam....never played as Believers, and never used Fundamentalist.
But I DO like to use my 'Buster subs against her.....for what it's worth.
Despot-(1a) : a ruler with absolute power and authority (1b) : a person exercising power tyrannically Beyond Alpha Centauri-Witness the glory of Sheng-ji Yang
*****Citizen of the Hive****
"...but what sane person would move from Hawaii to Indiana?" -Dis
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