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Where does your cynical and tired "everyone with power is evil I just read the prince for the first time" attitude get you? It prepares me to take the extra pr
by cubano 12y ago
Where does your cynical and tired "everyone with power is evil I just read the prince for the first time" attitude get you?
It prepares me to take the extra precautions needed to avoid being captured in these social and political "traps" time and time again.
What else?
Awareness and acceptance are always the first step.
- wfo 12y agoWe certainly agree about awareness; acceptance (which is a nice way of saying 'giving up') is the first step towards losing _all_ of your rights, not just some.
- cubano 12y agoIn this case acceptance simply means facing the ugly reality that, in the real world, actors in power will rarely if ever fail to exercise it for their benefit and not yours. The French revolution is a great example of this Realpolitik in action. The people rose up and overthrew their monarch, only to find just a few years later that very little actually changed, except the names of the principle actors and how power was distributed.
- CamperBob2 12y agoFor a more contemporary example, see the so-called revolutions of the "Arab Spring." Ask an Egyptian how that particular revolution's going for them. The rise of statist apologetics is probably the one thing about Internet-based discussions that disturbs me the most.