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Try to tell people why Eisenhower said "there was no reason to use that awful thing" (the atomic bomb) and that the greatest threat to America was the Military

Try to tell people why Eisenhower said "there was no reason to use that awful thing" (the atomic bomb) and that the greatest threat to America was the Military Industrial Complex. You could stay close to the facts, but still they'd think of you like some kind of conspiracy theorist because you don't agree with what they've been taught to believe. It is entirely within the realm of likely possibilities that our national elections are a complete farce: https://i.imgjar.co/jar/jz_ITKGNR0StdBBIoT8dyw.gif https://i.imgjar.co/jar/jz_ITKGNR0StdBBIoT8dyw.gif Part of becoming an adult is realizing how terribly awful people can be. But part of that is also realizing that there are many good people out there. I hope the good people take back control, somehow.

tboyd47 10y ago
Very well put. Some people are really, truly evil, and will never change, but you still have to go out and look for the good people anyway or you'll go insane. This is why sanity is so challenging.
sjy 10y ago
> It is entirely within the realm of likely possibilities that our national elections are a complete farce Most ballots are not cast by direct electronic voting: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/08/on-election-day-most-voters-use-electronic-or-optical-scan-ballots/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/08/on-election-... US presidential elections are "fundamentally local," meaning that an overwhelming number of officials would have to be corrupted to rig them: https://www.wired.com/2016/10/wireds-totally-legit-guide-rigging-presidential-election/ https://www.wired.com/2016/10/wireds-totally-legit-guide-rig... Electronic voting has its problems, but it is not plausible to suggest that the national elections are a complete farce.