The Romantic View of the Past is a Bunch of Happy Horseshit

[brian64]

The horseshit of the past is often recognized in hindsight for what it was. It is the widely accepted horseshit of the present that tends to be the problem.

 

[necron99]

Ok so a political thread continues.

the problem is a matter of paradigm. We have been taught that on the far right is fascisms and left is communism. The truth is on the far right is anarchy and far left it totalitarianism (dictatorships, oligarchies, fascism, and theocracies).

We were supposed to be set up as a democratic republic which would be some where in between. Its a balance that must be maintained very vigilantly lest you slip left or right. Right I to mob rule or left toward a ruling class. Either way freedom is lost.

 

[sablebrush52]

History is written by the victors. - Winston Churchill
Now back to pipes and to something useful...

 

[metarzan]

As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down. How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species.

 

[sailorjeremy]

Oh man, this might make it past the 24 hour mark. I'm surprised.

 

[yaddy306]

Any mods around?

 

[woodsroad]

Yaddy calls in close air support!

 

[lordnoble]

As the dolphins in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" said…
So long. And thanks for all the fish.
Since this thread is political, which is a no-no, it must be closed.
Just out of curiosity, did anyone try to contact a mod about this thread? If not, why not?
-Jason