Mark Carolus Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 This is an excerpt of a conversation I had with my older brother recently. Me: You won't believe how sexy an intelligent woman can be ( the conversation was about women and dating and stuff ). Brother: What do i care, as long as she fucks good ( excuse the language, but this is what he actually said ). Me: Sure, you don't care about other things much ( he actually doesn't ) and that is why everything in the world is going to shit. Brother: Nah, it's not that bad. Me: Exactly, if you're not interested in what's going on in the world, it doesn't look that bad indeed. I love my brother and all, but MAN he is SO DUMB!!!! and besides being hella dumb, he's ( very much like the majority of people ) very ignorant ( ignorance after all, is bliss ). It is for this reason, that i don't really see people changing in order to change the system, like people like Stefan and other libertarians are trying to do. Changing the system in order to change the people however, has a much better chance of success, if you'd ask me. In the current system, it is the things that people don't see immediately that is killing it. As long as everything is going along just fine for someone, that someone is highly unlikely to want to change anything. This is another thing if have strong doubts about, as it requires the current system to fully collapse, in order to get enough people willing to change things. Usually when things collapse, societies tend to go to other "extremes" and i don;t think free-market capitalism is gonna be one of them, as most people will actually blame the market for the collapse in the first place, therefore in their mind --> "making it even more free?? well that is just ridiculous". Once again, i do believe in the free market, but i also much more strongly believe in weighing the odds. The odds of a free market system coming to fruition - 17 to 32% at best. The odds of an RBE coming to fruition - at least 40% but much likely more. The odds of both coming to fruition - about 20 to 30%, but it will most likely end in another war. Also, another pretty important point. We have the technology to feed clothe and house every person on earth, the free market system might be able to do that, but not in the shortest amount of time ( it will most likely take many years/decades ), the RBE, without a doubt, WILL do that in the shortest amount of time possible. What do you think the people will choose? EDIT: I am merely trying to point out, that what Stefan and others are doing ( trying to wake people up to get us towards a UPB/NAP society, while at the same time literally laughing at another alternative ) might be futile.
Emanuel Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 We can't change the system if the individuals stay the same. You might not have had success in your life talking to other people about these issues, but you're not the only one out there. In my area, my friends and I are having a great deal of success in talking about the truth. What we've experienced is that unless you go at the emotional, childhood root of the problem, you're not going to get anywhere. By asking members of our community how they are feeling and how they think their childhood affected their current lives, we can make a lot of progress with some people. We can't help everyone, but there's a great deal of people out there that just need to hear the truth and need someone to listen to them.
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