(April 8, 2017 at 5:10 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I haven't read it front to back, no. Our current system has three branches of government, with checks and balances. I think it would work if everyone wasn't bought off by the rich. If we were an actual representative republic, instead of an oligarchy.
Precisely. In theory, communism is great too. Though in practice much worse than our current political system, obviously.
That's why the idea of "getting involved" in politics is amusing to me. People actually believe they can change the system by working from within the system. Money talks. Bullshit walks. And if you're not bringing money into politics, you're bringing bullshit.
“Love is the only bow on Life’s dark cloud. It is the morning and the evening star. It shines upon the babe, and sheds its radiance on the quiet tomb. It is the mother of art, inspirer of poet, patriot and philosopher.
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
