(November 24, 2014 at 1:57 pm)JuliaL Wrote:(November 24, 2014 at 1:01 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2014/11/b...s-jonathan
Hit the Play button.
Saw it. Agree with it.
But my conclusion is that the situation is hopeless.
There are smart sociopaths who will oppress the masses.
There are smart altruists who will try to lift the masses.
The first group will collect money and power among themselves more effectively because they are not as constrained as the second.
The second group would only be able to overcome the first if they could weld the masses into a cohesive capable tool and wield it against the sociopathic overlords.
The first group, being less conscientious and more duplicitous in how it wields power can and are welding the masses into a cohesive, capable tool to be used against the second.
The race is not always to the swift or the battle to the strong. Nice guys don't always finish last. But that's the way to place your bet.
Now I can't talk too much smack, cuz I'm one of 'em, but with the amount of entertainment avalable at your fingertips through the most technologically advanced phone you can buy (that you coincidentally dont really need), who's got the time to affect change?
People got too much Facebook, and Twitter, to spam, & texting to do, to start a revolution! Could be my pessimism, and complete lack of faith in humanity as a whole, but I think we're stuck with the system we got until it breaks!
