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#1081
Posted 12 October 2016 - 09:48 PM
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All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.
-Adolf Hitler
#1082
Posted 12 October 2016 - 10:31 PM
I'm not sure what that proves, other than that people are stupid. Trump has made more threats to our First Amendment liberties than any candidate I can think of. I'm going through the Bill in my head and with the exception of the 2nd Amendment, I'm confident that Hillary would better stand for liberty on all the rest of them.
#1083
Posted 13 October 2016 - 03:42 PM
It proves the stupidity of the average voter and that most probably shouldn't even be allowed to vote. If you'll willingly sign a petition to eliminate the bill of rights, you'd literally sign anything.
That is scary.
Its reminiscent of those videos in 2008 when they went up to Obama voters and asked people to name one single thing he stood for and nobody could. People like that should have no say in elections.
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.
-Adolf Hitler
#1084
Posted 13 October 2016 - 04:45 PM
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.
-Adolf Hitler
#1085
Posted 14 October 2016 - 08:04 AM
It proves the stupidity of the average voter and that most probably shouldn't even be allowed to vote. If you'll willingly sign a petition to eliminate the bill of rights, you'd literally sign anything.
That is scary.
Its reminiscent of those videos in 2008 when they went up to Obama voters and asked people to name one single thing he stood for and nobody could. People like that should have no say in elections.
I certainly agree that many are ignorant. We have a major candidate who's only real claim to political fame is being the most famous birther. How can we expect more out of voters when that's what we get from "leaders"?
If anything, this demonstrates a need for increase civic-mindedness and awareness.
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#1086
Posted 14 October 2016 - 05:14 PM
It demonstrates a need for an IQ test. It's venturing in to a territory we might not want to go but at the same time, something needs to be done. The general stupidity in this country is getting worse and when you can get a bunch of dipshits to sign away the bill of rights or believe anything they see on TV, its time to consider changing the laws.
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.
-Adolf Hitler
#1088
Posted 15 October 2016 - 02:23 PM
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#1089
Posted 29 October 2016 - 09:00 AM
This gave me hope...
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by Alexander Smith
The Pirate Party may sound like a novelty political outfit, but this former ragtag bunch of internet activists may be on the verge of winning Iceland's parliamentary elections Saturday.
The party was founded less than four years ago and promises a radical platform. Its members want to legalize drugs, crowd-source their policies using online referendums, and grant citizenship to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
The majority of polls over the past 18 months have predicted the party will win the most votes on Saturday — a radical pirate victory in the land of the Vikings.
"I think it's because we have been approaching politics in a new way," said Pirate Party lawmaker Ãsta Helgadóttir, explaining her movement's exponential rise. "We have been trying to do more evidence-based politics rather than just following ideas blindly."
Iceland's population of some 320,000 is half the size of Boston's and its landmass would comfortably fit inside the state of Colorado. It is a NATO member but has no armed forces, instead contributing to the alliance with cash and civilian personnel.
While politics on this small island of snow and volcanoes may seem insignificant when compared to the boisterous U.S. presidential race, the rise of Iceland's Pirate Party mirrors a global trend that has seen voters rejecting the political mainstream.
"The pirates are a radical anti-establishment party," according to Baldur Þórhallsson, a professor of political science at the University of Iceland. "But there are still lots of questions: How will the pirates be in government? Will they be able to function in government?"
Iceland's electoral system means it is almost impossible for one party to win an outright victory. Instead, after the election is finished, parties of similar stripes enter into negotiations to try to form a coalition to lead the country.
Polls suggest that even if they don't get the most votes, the Pirate Party may enter into progressive alliance with the Left-Liberal Movement and the Social Democrats.
This would make Iceland an outlier in a Europe tilting to the right.
"The agenda that we are putting forward is a social-liberal agenda, which is something that people like and value here in Iceland," said Helgadóttir, a 26-year-old history graduate who is one of three pirate lawmakers in the Althing, Iceland's 63-seat parliament.
If the pirates did find themselves in power it would mark a staggering ascent from obscurity.
Its origins can be found in 2006, when a Julian Assange-style figure named Rick Falkvinge founded the Swedish Pirate Party with the radical agenda of tearing up internet copyright laws.
Falkvinge chose the name as an attempt to take ownership of the term "piracy," which he felt had become an unfair slur against people who shared music and movies online.
Now there are pirate parties in more than 60 countries — although before this weekend none has threatened to take a seat in government.
It goes on...: http://www.nbcnews.c...lection-n673926
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#1090
Posted 09 December 2016 - 08:35 PM
#1091
Posted 12 December 2016 - 09:14 AM
Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't feel a need to group ourselves thus? I get the need for things like the census and I take no issue with celebrating you cultural heritage, but I'm sure most of us think of ourselves, first and foremost, as American. Unless you come from two straight up, down the line, Irish Catholic families or something similar, all sub-categories of "white" have cross-fucked themselves to an indistinguishable mish-mash of European ancestries.
But, no, I'm not "European American". If I have to choose, I'll label myself "pasty-American" or if that seems too stripper-centric, "Melanin-deficient American".
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#1095
Posted 22 December 2016 - 08:13 PM
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