May it cause tears, sodomy and rancor.

cool story, bro.

Riveting anecdote chap

exeptional tale, compadre.

Excelsior legend homeslice.

exemplary narration, ally

scintillating tale, sir

admirable parable, comrade

whoever wrote that was a moron

"Since the rise of the American superpower, the world has been more stable and prosperous. "

false, America is completely disparate in who is prosperous and who is left to starve. The gap between rich and poor has soared since the founding days. It so happens that the media and TV shows make it seem like there is still some obtainable American dream when there is in fact almost no upward class mobility.

"A good case could be made that America thrived on a short-lived aristocracy of founders, then survived as a military project to conquer a frontier, then was ruled by robber-barons in the 1840s and after a disastrous Civil War, has become more liberal and more democratic. "


Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. We became more liberal and democratic after the civil war? Tell that to the south who was brutalized with stiff rules and had their resources stripped and carted back north. Also, no more robber barons? What history books did you read, the robber barons hay-day was right after the civil war when all that cheap labor (immigrants and freed-blacks) became available to be used against the skilled natives. I mean, from the civil war up until teddy roosevelt this country was owned by robber-barons. Not to mention we have been in two world wars and many imperial conflicts large and small since then.

Any notion that this country has ever been for the people by the people is stupid, wasn't true when the constitution was writ, hasn't been true since then. When was the last time a regular citizen became a rep. at Congress and not some trained political lapdog or rich ass old dude?

brice story, nro

so i herd u liek democrakips

Post the Guccis, nigger.

Gratzi

An FMPer of discerning tastes knows that a fresh pair of Gucci loafers make the perfect accompaniment to the copy of Bekhira's '96 Demo one just traded a Vinterland tape for.

I'll take an order of Vzaeurvbtre with a side of Yosuke the stamp collecting chink

i dont think those are the right ones. isnt it these?

I think they were white perforated leather ones, although this is going from my memory of the thread from like 4 or 5 years ago.

ryan, i'll bring the bacardi breezers, you bring the ecstasy.

Can we rapedance hot bitches to Serbian pop music and then do a panettone ritual with candles?

yea, but we have to make sure spike our hair and wear excessive amounts of spray on tanner.

Shit is so cash.

this guy is pretty smart i think

Sure sounds smart doesn't he!
Global economy + too many idiots = NO HOPE FOR FUTURE, sorry Plato.

oh and brule story co.

You big dummy!

If oompa loompa club pussy is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

bennyhillifier

Respectfully, I disagree.

Pendulums swing, and even big epic things we think will never change, do.

And the pendulum's already in motion, but like all things, starts slooowwwly.

You remember Nietzsche rap on hope? Something like "Fuck hope -- I trust action."

I may have paraphrased a bit (sorry Fred)

Mostly agreed with you, the OP is pretty, but there's no fix for human greed, and many people can't comprehend philosophy.

State's rights and multinational corporations - you can't have both. Servants, slaves, Indians, vs. the colonial elite, robber barons, today the words are different but the meaning is the same. The language for the control of the middle class is in plain sight in the Declaration and Constitution - seperate from England to retain profits while mobilize a nation using Romanticism... against England, against the Natives, against the Reds, now against Islam... there is no conspiracy here, you give the rich power and they can mobilize a class against anything.

This isn't ancient Greece or Rome, there's no fall of the American Empire as long as there's a global economy and a malleable population (i.e. Tea Party)... what pendulum? It has been swinging from the balcony of the rich since the beginning of time. I mean, this country was content with entrusting their lives with privately-owned insurance corporations. How can you fix that?

I dunno what any of this stuff means.

lol.

Didn't read anything here but it doesn't matter what form of government is established; corruption always overruns everything. It is this human trait which shall ultimately lead to our demise, unless we enter the next level of conscious thought.
The principle desire of the human species is to have power- any form of it. If you're a king, you want more power. If you're a slave, you want freedom and power. Our blood runs thin when power is threatened, which makes way for competition.
We aren't united in any for of government. There will always be a distinction of what is, what was, an what will be.
Profit, gain, power, authority.

Sometimes I wish I was a Buddhist.

You give those with money a unique situation unheard of in human history - limitless land and infinite working population, a ripe slave trade and common popular enemies. Arm the farmers, buffer the frontier, and concede enough rights to keep them alive, give them the illusions of entrepreneurship, private property (or rather 90% of the population 10% of the land) and precious "Representation" (for landowners only), religious freedom, yet with a steeple in every town common, where a loose interpretation of Christianity prevails (leftover from an ancient method of control)... stir that together and in a couple generations you get America, where now we have 300 million people just happy enough to survive on processed food and a job, any job.

Preservation and education are our only possible actions... HA...good luck...the machine of control is already here, unlimited knowledge at your fingertips and people only know how to use Facebook and Twitter, pop stars that don't know what a "Germany" is.

Here's some Buddhism for ya aril - peace comes from within, do not seek it without.

off topic - have you ever meditated? it's better than sex.

meditation is a skill, i'm working on it. meanwhile, blastbeats have treated me well.

if you do it correctly, it is something which can make you release your mind. I haven't done it in sometime but will do it soon. for people who philosophize, it is a must IMO.

I like Plato's view: it's a cycle; when corruption overruns, restart the cycle.

exactly. But why keep repeating? Plato hit the nail on the head in a lot of his writings, but as the "known world" grew, his philosphy becomes somewhat invalid in certain arguments. Granted the basis is still true, but the world today is much more complex than he could imagine.
Those who are oppressed seek the answer to resolve the situation. Tyranny today is not is not what it was back then. Today's tyranny is a blind tyranny: we live in a subtle, yet tyrannical oppression with many different pimples affecting the whole aspect of our lives. We must strive to pop each pimple, and let the tyrannical puss ooze out so everyone can see it.
The only way this can happen today is by figuring out ways to have a global society where sovereignty still resides and is respected. Right now we are moving towards a global tyrannical government and people are not aware of this, or are afraid to accept it. Something has to happen, whether it be 1776, a spiritual awakening, or a massive event which affects the global population. We are a boiling pot of water; what we need is the water to fall put of the pot and extinguish the flame.
The tea party is not the answer - our boiling water will not be used for tea. It will be used to stop it from boiling. Amerika is dead, and as been since the 1950s.

Joe Christianni used to be into sikk tribals, but now he's all about hunting bears...and not the kind that live in the woods. Teehee.

bam. well said.