In the next fifty years, I see a US that is being bought by the rich'n wealthy at Auction Blocks that are all over the US. Because of the national debt that has forced the big people at DC to sell off bits'n pieces of the US to pay it off. If you can prove me wrong prove it in the next fifty years. Otherwise get out of the coutry before that Auctioning Event happens, because we will be heading for a Royalty controlled nation.

So when do you plan on leaving?

Bye.

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Originally posted by CalebD:
In the next fifty years, I see a US that is being bought by the rich'n wealthy at Auction Blocks that are all over the US. Because of the national debt that has forced the big people at DC to sell off bits'n pieces of the US to pay it off. If you can prove me wrong prove it in the next fifty years. Otherwise get out of the coutry before that Auctioning Event happens, because we will be heading for a Royalty controlled nation.

Some people like this sort of thing. The divine right of kings. You know, some are more deserving than others and all that sort of thing. That's what a democratic republic is all about!

"All men are created equal...some are more equal than others". "They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, and some have more of a right to life than others." Isn't there something similar to that in the Declaration made by our Founding Fathers?

Retired Monk
"Ideology is a disease"

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Some people like this sort of thing. The divine right of kings. You know, some are more deserving than others and all that sort of thing. That's what a democratic republic is all about!

Right until another group feels that it's THEIR turn now; and then it's the same old all over again.

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Originally posted by Nurdin T.:

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Some people like this sort of thing. The divine right of kings. You know, some are more deserving than others and all that sort of thing. That's what a democratic republic is all about!

Right until another group feels that it's THEIR turn now; and then it's the same old all over again.

Very true. It's the way of progress.

The Czar was overturned by the Bolshevisks...the left...and they became the new elite, the Communist Party.

The Communist Party became the new power group, and were overthrown by a new left. Within the Soviet Union, Gorbochev was considered "leftist", and the Communist Party members opposed to reforms of democratization were considered rightists.

The left, when they assume power, ultimately become the new right. A new group in power that seeks to maintain their own power.

We can see this in our own country. Leftists overthrew the Crown. Overthrew the rightists seeking to maintain its power and status quo. Now, we have a new right...corporatists replacing the monarchy.

Such is the way humanity progresses. A continuation of change. A continual undoing of the power of the few over the many.

An economic/social system has yet to evolve that puts an end to this sort of thing. In my own experience, a monastery comes closest to this. A democratic council consisting of all members, an executive (Abbot) who can be replaced in 5 minutes if he exceeds his admin. authority. A combination of capitalist economics with egalitarian distribution of resources. The many control their own destinies to a great extent.

There is no power structure to overthrow.

Retired Monk
"Ideology is a disease"