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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #7600 on: 27/11/2019 23:16:55 »
A book for you.

Ordinary men by Cristopher R. Browning  " reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in Poland "
What a war and people not using their minds are capable of.
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #7601 on: 28/11/2019 13:44:12 »
Well, I know.. Not that optimistic, am I?
Yeah, but we can change the situation drastically by sharing instead of confining and killing, By giving education and communication free reins, by stopping lies by those that only have greed in their minds. By changing the political system to one where your voice actually count. Advertising bureaus gets paid enormous amount of money to turn negative actions into positive. Seeing 'the other side of the road' as it might be. If that didn't work the money would stop flowing. The game is corrupt and uses your ignorance as fuel.
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #7602 on: 28/11/2019 13:45:13 »
So what does it mean to stay inside it?

It makes you corrupt too.
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #7603 on: 28/11/2019 13:47:54 »
This game only worked when this earth was treated as if it was infinite, and when nobody needed to be held responsible. And that is no longer true. you are responsible, corrupt or not and the world?

it's finite.
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #7604 on: 28/11/2019 13:48:24 »
One kid per person starting now.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03595-0
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #7605 on: 28/11/2019 14:00:41 »
advertising bureaus are definitely not 'think tanks', their sole responsibility is to find ways to turn greed and egoism into plausible lies that you accept. They are liars, and you? As one of them said to me, theirs the second oldest profession in the world, after prostitution. You can call it a joke if you like but there is some truth to it.

Stop trusting that sh*
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« Reply #7606 on: 28/11/2019 14:03:32 »
Advertising bureaus and think tanks.
Same sh*, trusting your ignorance.
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« Reply #7607 on: 28/11/2019 14:09:19 »
Being proud of being corrupt, telling others that if they don't do the same they become idiots, doesn't make it any better. In a way it could be seen as a mechanism protecting the individual from the consequences of his actions, and so being very 'human'. But in the end, playing that sort of game, takes away all humanity from you.

It leaves you a liar.
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« Reply #7608 on: 28/11/2019 14:26:39 »
Its worth reading that article from nature.

Tipping points.

And no, that's not a 'think tank' put in place by 'politics' or industry
That's climate scientists
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Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)
« Reply #7609 on: 28/11/2019 14:37:58 »
You can argue that climate scientists have a hidden agenda too. I would agree.
And what it is?

To save you from your own stupidity.
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« Reply #7610 on: 28/11/2019 14:49:58 »
If you read that book of war I linked, and genocide, you will find two types of responses to why the men did as ordered. One was that it was a mans work, even if disgusting and a 'real man' had to do what a man has to do. The ones not doing it being 'weak'. The other was admitting it being cowardly, but still not wanting to stand out of the crowd. We're not speaking about monsters here, they were ordinary police getting transferred into a situation they never would have dreamed of before the war. But it made them into that.

to use your mind is important, to be able to choose is important, to be able to say no can make all the difference for you.
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« Reply #7611 on: 28/11/2019 15:02:59 »
That's about the individual, but what lead to that situation was bureaucracy and hierarchies in a most unholy mix of flawed logic's. and the herd with its killing instincts finding a outlet for their frustrations.

You want to get out of the herd?
Use your f*ng mind.
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« Reply #7612 on: 28/11/2019 16:31:21 »
It's a bitter medicine, but either you take it or we fail. You need to start looking outside 'politics'. You need to see the game. Don't apologize about it, change it.
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« Reply #7613 on: 28/11/2019 18:27:36 »
I personally think that the one about 'not wanting to stand outside the crowd' is rather significant, and valid even for those not mentioning it. In this particular case it meant agreeing to murder men, women and kids, and that is a extreme. But I'm sure you recognize the mechanism in your daily life. You're one of the herd after all, and that's the way it works.
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« Reply #7614 on: 28/11/2019 18:46:05 »
So that is one place the herd mentality may take you. And don't you tell me that it's impossible. To be able to say no under that kind of pressure in a war situation is something you need to be prepared for, with only a few able to react instinctively.  And when it comes to global warming it is the same herd mentality that stops you from stating your opinion in the opposition of others.
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« Reply #7615 on: 28/11/2019 18:49:35 »
And the same flawed reasoning as for those guys will lead. The one where a man gotta do what a man can. Or woman for that sake, it doesn't really matter. Which in this case means that you will refuse to learn, until forced.
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« Reply #7616 on: 28/11/2019 19:02:06 »
Don't kid yourself, even if you're spared your kids won't be . Global warming do not care about you, has no interest in your core beliefs, does not listen to your excuses, and take no interest in your psychology or reasons for not changing. It doesn't give a sh* about profits and GDP.
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« Reply #7617 on: 28/11/2019 19:07:31 »
If you're a fan of the old testament then that is the kind of justice it will deliver.
An eye for an eye.

Am I getting through to you?
Good.
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« Reply #7618 on: 28/11/2019 19:08:23 »
time to wake up
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« Reply #7619 on: 29/11/2019 15:20:22 »
Everything points the same way, doesn't it? Before you demand that someone else should do it for you, why not take a look at yourself? And blaming your role models won't change a thing, they are what you try to model yourself after.

You need to see the game, and understand the rules, and you should start with yourself.
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