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Politics: Left, Right, and Center National, state, regional, and local politics. Who's doing what to whom, and what you can do about it. How-to-get-action messages are encouraged. "How the government fucked up my life" stories are encouraged. Sharing new methods for cheating on taxes is encouraged. Sample "letters to congresscritters" are encouraged. Apathy and "I can't do anything" posts are discouraged. Left, right, centrist, or any other form of political-economic systems are all up for discussion. Be prepared to defend yourself, or at least have a good line of bullshit ready. Extensive quoting of economists and philosophers is frowned upon. We want to hear what YOU have to say, not what some constipated, impotent, dead guy dreamt up while suffering from the DT's over a hundred years ago thought.

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Old 2008-11-25, 16:05
The Divinity of Racism The Divinity of Racism is offline
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I am a very hopeful for a disastrous worldwide class war, hopefully involving nuclear and biological weapons. Please discuss class war in this thread.
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Old 2008-11-25, 19:33
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Biological and nuclear weapons? Wouldn't the upper class inevitably win then?
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Old 2008-11-25, 21:33
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Isn't the general idea of a class war that the majority of people finally realize that ownership is arbitrary and decide it's in their own best interests to "kill the rich and take their stuff"?
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Old 2008-11-26, 00:14
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Because technology has greatly increased since Marx's time, a physical war would be put down quickly, the only class war that could be waged now a days would be political.
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Old 2008-11-26, 03:28
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Originally Posted by Dichromate
Isn't the general idea of a class war that the majority of people finally realize that ownership is arbitrary and decide it's in their own best interests to "kill the rich and take their stuff"?


Yep. I thank the internet for enlightening millions of people that didn't score in the genetic lottery when they were born.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P772Eb63qIY

Most of humanity is still far from rational enough and ethically stable enough to carry out anarchy, but we're better off than 10 years ago, 20 years ago, or 100.
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Old 2008-11-26, 03:32
Zachtheflipper Zachtheflipper is offline
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Weeeeeeeell, Seems to me like the poor side would have larger numbers, and possibly a stronger morale because if they win their quality of life increases greatly. The rich would have all the weapons though. Thats a horrible scenario though, quite morbid! hahahahahah intresting though.
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Old 2008-11-26, 05:07
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Because technology has greatly increased since Marx's time, a physical war would be put down quickly, the only class war that could be waged now a days would be political.No technology would be able to defeat a social revolution thats so deep and widespread that, besides drawing in the masses, it gains the support of the soldiers as well.
 
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