How the plot of Star Wars frighteningly resembles modern day America

Posted by BrettRocketSci 9 years, 4 months ago to Government
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This is a long but very important and insightful analysis of our world, I believe. It's an op-ed by Dan Sanchez as http://Anti-Media.org. Anyone who is afraid that Trump will lead us closer to a dictatorship will get reinforcement from this analysis too. Reality may be just as true--and equally scary--as some fiction. http://theantimedia.org/the-plot-of-s...


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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Agreed BUT the sequence is...

    Cease Enabling
    Take Control
    Make Changes

    The point behind the under vote be it No Confidence or None of the Above is to force a change and the only way to do that is a real two party system and honest elections.

    That's not going to come from the extreme left democrats and such but might come from the right wing of the left IF some current Republicans form their own separate party affiliation and make a firm stand of being Constitutionalist not just in word but in deed.

    Which brings us back to destroying their credibility with the under vote... For the top two spots that's left. Coupled with never voting for one of those two leftist parties at any level in any election.etc etc. A lot more can be done within the local district and oh yes IF the legal vote buying scheme is stopped.

    Lots of if's but the rest of the methods get an F for failure. Failing yourself primarily
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The flaw in the thinking of the non-voting crowd is that the electoral process doesn't account for missing votes. If only three voters showed up at a state poll, and two voted for one of the opposing candidates, that "winner" takes all of the electoral votes. The media might decry the lack of voter enthusiasm, but the political class would still enter office, whether the non-voters wanted it or not.

    The best way to better insure realistic representation is to change the electoral college system by requiring a candidate win a congressional district in order to garner that district's electoral vote. Setting a minimum number of votes cast as a ratio of the district's population in order for an electoral vote to be permitted at all would enable a "none of the above" strategy to work, as a failure to gain enough electoral votes to constitute a majority would invalidate an election.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    He has what appears to be an almost instinctual ability to negotiate. All of his so-called ad-lib speeches come directly from his negotiating playbook. It's the abilty to appear as if he's giving something but upon close examination he is not giving anything at all.
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Everyone seems to forget that the word Trump uses the most in his less -than-memorable oratory is "negotiate." While, like every one of the other candidates except Rand Paul, Trump does make warlike noises, he emphasizes the importance of "making the deal" with other countries, and not being "stupid," entering conflicts that make no sense. If anything, his calls for a more powerful military reflects Thomas Jefferson's admonition that those who want peace should be well prepared for war. Trump has said on more than one occasion that he wants a military so powerful that no one would want to enter into a fight with us.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    My how time flys and how little people are willing to spend 125 years counting TR to today and no demonstrated willingness other than talk from anyone in government and damn little outside of government to spend eight much less 16 reversing....Sad. Soon we'll be the ITYSSSS Ityssssies means I told you so secular socialism sucks- assuming we are allowed to say such things.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It was not complimentary nor were my comments on his opponent. Neither were acceptable. What we did was vote for none of the above and then spread the idea that a no confidence vote by not voting destroys credibility. That is slowly working. The goal is raise the 30-35 percent non participation in presidential elections to 50% plus and the off year from 50% to 70%. Which; means the winner has to be a plurality and not a majority even with winner take all. So assume best conditions for a candidate is less than 50% minus the independent voters assume at best a 40 percent turnout of the party faithful Rino and Dino or a 21 percent needed to win.

    After that it's self explanatory. No landslides, no mandates. The goal is to destroy the present system and return to open elections with real choice. If it destroys the nation? That's happening anyway. Best part is our little group has no contact with each other once the guidelines were agreed to but judging from the articles, comments, and headlines and the percentage movements it's working.

    One prime area is military people. One question then open discussion. "What would it take for you to uphold your oath of office?"

    A second target area is called - enablers or toilet flushers.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The propaganda machine has been cranking for a long time, hasn't it? ;^)
    In TR's case he was appointed Ass. Sec Navy in time to help perpetrate the Maine false flag, and elected later by the duped (and gloriously patriotic) public. Or perhaps was it rewarded for services rendered and the voters really had no choice at all?
    USA! USA! USA! USA!
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  • Posted by blackswan 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It's likely that suicide is the result of over medicating our population. While you're looking into it, check out the increase in psych drugs with the increase in violence and suicide. Let's know what you find.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Exactly. One of his trump cards is the ability to jump in either direction and thus leave the impression that he supports those directions. He's astute and is making sure he doesn't repeat the mistakes of others. Doesn't mean he isn't capable or using either direction. Or that he won't. Power unused is impotent There must always be an enemy and always be a demonstration.
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  • Posted by blackswan 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You keep thinking that something's happening TO you!! Man up and admit that we CHOSE these bastards!! They didn't fall out of the sky. They said and did what we asked. That's how they keep getting re-elected. You (all of us) knew what we were getting, and we went for it anyway. It's too late now to pretend that we had nothing to do with it.
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  • Posted by blackswan 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You think they've only been at this for 50 years. That's why they've gotten this far. They've been able to let you sleep for at least 50 years before you even noticed that anything was going on.
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  • Posted by blackswan 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I wonder what you said in 2008 about Obama? Were you as circumspect about him (in which case you'd have known that he was a non-starter) as you're being about Trump and the others, or were you snookered into the lemming herd?
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  • Posted by blackswan 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Too big and strong, compared to what? Where do you get the idea that the US military needs to be somehow equivalent to other militaries? Is this more of that "war needs to be fair" nonsense? War needs to be WON. Period. And as quickly and painlessly as possible. That requires an overwhelming level of force against anyone stupid enough to entertain fantasies about attacking us.
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  • Posted by blackswan 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Every one of whom was ELECTED into office. It didn't happen TO us. We CHOSE them, as if there wasn't someone better, somewhere. Of course, one needs to be educated to make that kind of decision, and we know what's going on with our education system, such as it is.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Certainly - Exactly why the Cycle of Repression works. Especially when operated by a government. It's had 50 years of practice and finally found it's niche since Carlos Marighella and others formulated that strategy. Come to think of it the cycle some times circle of repression is mostly used by governments these days. That should get old Carlos rolling over in his grave.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Our military does indeed need some boosting; it has not been up to the jobs it's been asked to do lately, and the next world war is due any time now.

    I believe Cruz and Rubio want to give it more money, too. But not Paul. Not sure about Christie, Bush, and the rest.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 9 years, 4 months ago
    My fear as well, It has often been referred to and written that upon an immense and continued crisis the people will cry out for someone to fix it. That someone will become a tyrant in the process.
    In trumps case, the tyrant in him, his very narcissism will be endeared by those that support him but later they will be betrayed by him.
    History 101
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