[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
Take the whole gun thing. Who the fuck needs an automatic weapon?
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Anyone who values freedom and self preservation.
Then you don’t understand history and politics. Democracy doesn’t and can’t last indefinitely. Armed citizenry are the only defence against the totalitarian regime that, by a logical progression must at some stage establish itself. America pays a high price for freedom but it’s a price that must be paid.
‘According to Polybius’ elaboration of the theory (of anacyclosis), the state begins in a form of primitive monarchy. The state will emerge from monarchy under the leadership of an influential and wise king; this represents the emergence of “kingship”. Political power will pass by hereditary succession to the children of the king, who will abuse their authority for their own gain; this represents the degeneration of kingship into “tyranny”. Some of the more influential and powerful men of the state will grow weary of the abuses of tyrants, and will overthrow them; this represents the ascendancy of “aristocracy” (as well as the end of the “rule by the one” and the beginning of the “rule by the few”). Just as the descendants of kings, however, political influence will pass to the descendants of the aristocrats, and these descendants will begin to abuse their power and influence, as the tyrants before them; this represents the decline of aristocracy and the beginning of “oligarchy”. As Polybius explains, the people will by this stage in the political evolution of the state decide to take political matters into their own hands. This point of the cycle sees the emergence of “democracy”, as well as the beginning of “rule by the many”. In the same way that the descendants of kings and aristocrats abused their political status, so too will the descendants of democrats. Accordingly, democracy degenerates into “ochlocracy”, literally, “mob-rule”. During ochlocracy, according to Polybius, the people of the state will become corrupted, and will develop a sense of entitlement and will be conditioned to accept the pandering of demagogues. Eventually, the state will be engulfed in chaos, and the competing claims of demagogues will culminate in a single (sometimes virtuous) demagogue claiming absolute power, bringing the state full-circle back to monarchy.'[/quote]
And while all of this going on, I’ll be skipping along ignorantly blind to all of the tyranny around me. But I’ll be having a helluva time while doing so.
edit: and that’s Polybius’ take on it. Doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. I don’t think it will, you do think it will.
But then again, you don’t really believe any of this either, do you? If you do, what sort of precautions are you taking, or are you simply laying back, spreading your legs wide open and waiting for it to happen instead of being proactive about things?
Fuck, why wait? Why not just go out to D.C. now and start taking out all the motherfuckers on Capitol Hill that are going to contribute to this horrible eventuality? If you really feel this is going to happen you’re doing yourself and everyone in this country who you care for a serious, serious disservice by not doing something about it. Like Orion said, violence is our answer to everything, right? So get proactive. Or are you a selfish sonofabitch along with a paranoid one? Are you just stockpiling weapons for yourself in preparation for this eventuality? Do you have enough for me if I “see the light”, but not in time to go out and get my own arsenal?[/quote]
“There’s an old saying about those who forget history. I don’t remember it, but it’s good.” -Colbert