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Stare At The Sun · 12-12-2009, 10:01 PM

After browsing this thread http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-...mpty-city.html I found myself wondering something.

Why the *vast* majority of people that have extremist views don't act on them. There are so many people that have political, social, and economic views that are way outside the norm, but yet, they don't really do anything about it.

In the aforementioned thread, and other threads, Pai Mei has talked about a return to a more primitive and simple existence. Other threads people talk about how communism would be the best system. Some say that an altruistic system of government and economics would be best. Other sites online that are dedicated to political extremists, like anarchists have thousands of members, and yet, I've never even heard of a single anarchist act, in my 24 years of living on this planet.

So my question is why do people that have extreme of very different opinions fail to act on them?

Is it a lack of options, a lack of money, a lack of motivation, a lack of others to join?

I know that deep down, I've always wanted to join some group of people that buy an island and try to form their own country/colony. I would do it/join, but someone else would have to do the leg work, I'd just like to tag along.

So what are your thoughts?

Oh, another big one. These tea party people are huge on talk, but they really do nothing.

(Hopefully this post made sense, my thoughts on the subject are a bit jumbled.)

12-12-2009, 10:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Stare At The Sun Eh? Location: Somewhere over the rainbow	Inaction and apathy among people with extreme views After browsing this thread http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-...mpty-city.html I found myself wondering something. Why the vast majority of people that have extremist views don't act on them. There are so many people that have political, social, and economic views that are way outside the norm, but yet, they don't really do anything about it. In the aforementioned thread, and other threads, Pai Mei has talked about a return to a more primitive and simple existence. Other threads people talk about how communism would be the best system. Some say that an altruistic system of government and economics would be best. Other sites online that are dedicated to political extremists, like anarchists have thousands of members, and yet, I've never even heard of a single anarchist act, in my 24 years of living on this planet. So my question is why do people that have extreme of very different opinions fail to act on them? Is it a lack of options, a lack of money, a lack of motivation, a lack of others to join? I know that deep down, I've always wanted to join some group of people that buy an island and try to form their own country/colony. I would do it/join, but someone else would have to do the leg work, I'd just like to tag along. So what are your thoughts? Oh, another big one. These tea party people are huge on talk, but they really do nothing. (Hopefully this post made sense, my thoughts on the subject are a bit jumbled.)