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*Brrrring* Hello?
Uhuh, sure, I'll let him know.
Noble Ceasar! A fellow by the name of Alaric just called. Something about a bag or a sack or something. Said we should make sure we kept lots of cash on hand.
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chuckle. good one.
still, a good example of my case in point: the roman empire fell, but civilization didn't end. cultures and societies simply moved on to other things. i admit 'civilization is ending' talk rankles me these days, the degenerate state of the decadent roman empire is too loosely bandied about by gay marriage mouthpieces who don't know their history or context.
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Athropology is overvalued, so is Sociology. Yes, they can both give insight, but they are both largely expressions of the politics of the practitioners as applied the the dynamic tension between the statements "Everyone is more or less alike" and "No two people are the same." Sometimes illuminating, but mostly bullshit. (Archeology excluded. That's forensic history in my book.)
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yet the disciplines are the integral foundations of political science, which we discuss here. culture, society, politics. bullshit begets bullshit, perhaps?
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As for trusting the government, I take it as axiomatic that a person who will fight to gain power over others is the one least suited to have that power. Given the nature of our campaigns, we are virtually assured of having the worst possible gang of cynical, self-interested scoundrels imaginable running the place. If they are not watch, question, and harassed at all times, they will sell the country right out from under us. Yes that's a bit hyperbolic, but it is the sense I get from the current occupiers of all three branches of government, by and large, both Democratic and Republican. [/B]
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right on and well put. it is the self interest of the individuals in government that must be continually questioned and repeatedly challenged. the very nature of our electoral process and party politics seems to serve the people less and less, and special interests and business have figured out how to play it against us too well.
i trust our government, i suppose, if that means trusting our form of government. i am a big fan of its conceptual framework and the machinery of change built into the foundation. it is a flexible, dynamic system that can serve a wide population well for a long period of time.
i do not trust the individuals who are elected to serve within that government. they lie, and history has revealed them time and time again. we now uncover their lies much faster than we have in the past. we trust less, because we have come to expect them to lie to us. and the worst lie of all is that they are serving the people, when they really serve their own self interest.
art, just because we're well off, we shouldn't get complacent, should we?