Originally Posted By: Captain Sammitch
"crops". ;\)

just jackin with ya d00d. honestly, though, I think you're being a little too optimistic about 'social evolution'.


I absolutely am. I believe society is at its last straw, and this is probably one of the final attempts to salvage any truth from the increasingly obsolete phrase "home of the free".

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however healthy OWS may or may not be for society right now, in my experience people of whatever ideological stripe prefer moving from one status quo to another incrementally more favorable yet largely indistinguishable status quo, rather than any major societal upheaval.


Agreed. That's how Western civilization has evolved. Can't say I like it, though.

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I'm willing to bet the desire for 'anarchy' would last just long enough for people to miss their wifi and monday night football.


Possibly. For some, certainly. But, I won't wash the entire Movement in a single swath of judgement if some aren't in it for the right reasons. But, you might be surprised.

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human nature supersedes party lines and bumper stickers, and people tend not to enjoy 'change' once it moves past the point of lip service to actually affecting them as individuals in ways they didn't anticipate.


Again agreed. I am of the mind that you cannot make an omelet, etc. Society will have to bear the pain of change on both sides. If possible.