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Date Posted: 16:32:56 07/28/07 Sat
Author: iteo (not jaded yet)
Subject: Re: GOT IT!!
In reply to: Vapourised Umbrella Jones 's message, "Re: GOT IT!!" on 15:59:59 07/28/07 Sat

>
>>These wealthy corporate heads - just like the Nazis -
>>didn't want us thinking for ourselves and IMHO their
>>ancestors are of the same opinion.
>>
>>After all, we might wake up and smell the Maxwell
>>House coffee [and realize that they live like kings on
>>our backs.]
>
>
>No, I didn't mean to argue that it was purely because
>of the economy. But people were experimenting with
>extreme views - this was the era that eugenics was
>big. I'm not sure why you find this surprising or even
>particularly significant - it's certainly not hidden
>from anyone who studies history.
>
>I also agree that many people in authority must have
>considered ways to stop freedom of thought and don't
>find this shocking either. Sometimes I worry about
>democracy myself as it seems to produce the lowest
>common denominator of society - so I've tried to
>imagine other ways of running a state. Haven't you?
>
>It isn't news that there are wealthy elites that live
>off the backs of the working classes. This has been
>recognised since time began.
>
>That's the trouble with conspiracy theory - it isn't
>shocking. OF COURSE humans make conspiracies.

I guess I do still find it a little shocking - not quite as much as I did when it first dawned on me - but still, "shocked" sums it up pretty good. Especially when you see it happening today right in plain sight by the same types of people.

But I do give you much credit for not finding it shocking.

Ultimately I do think the Beatles had the right idea in their song "Revolution", so perhaps I need to get over it too ;-)

"<i>You tell me it's the institution,

Well you know,

You better free your mind instead...</i>"

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Re: GOT IT!! -- Wraith Jones, 17:22:06 07/28/07 Sat