A simple question yet one with so much meaning...
I wonder if i'm the only one who sees things going downhill... we have a problem people... the middle-east threatens to explode into another world war at any time..terroist attacks are happening all over the world... people are to absorbed in their selves to see past their own lives...money and greed are beginning to become the rulers of the world...and the people are ignorant of most of the things going on in the world... how long before we get back on track and start pursuing knowledge again... we have some of the greatest civilizations of all time around the world, but these same civilizations i think are at the point of imploding... so I ask am i completely off base or is there some truth in this??? Do things need to change to get better or will they get better by following the path the world is on now??? And if things do need to change is it within the realm of possibility that people can change???

Good questions. I don't think any of us have those answers. I think they come under We hope. We hope people will start to pull their heads out and start cleaning up the world mess, but the greed factor controls most of the rulers and business leaders, so the only way you can hope for change from them is to drag them kicking and screaming into reality, reality that the rest of humanity needs help, and they are the ones that can make these changes happen. Untill you can extricate them from their palaces and pull them out of their Rolls Royces, and get them to see the plight of the everyman, nothing will change! Good luck!

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Until the everyman stands up and stops believing the lies of those that would rule us then things will not change... the people need to become informed and make a move to correct the path we've been put on by the ruling class... aka the government and the rich...

I think everything is going the same way it has been going since we came down out of the trees. Things just seem to be worse because we have access to a lot more information than people used to, and we have it a lot quicker. All the bullshit that you see going on has always gone on; it just happened outside of your immediate awareness. Things actually might even be a little BETTER than they used to be. Especially in terms of sheer numbers, the quality of life is certainly improving, as are life spans in general.

One of the things that you can do to get a better perspective on life is to quit watching television. That sick device is designed to keep you feeling anxious, inadequate, and in a constant state of consumption.

Anyway, my life is fucking fantastic.

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Anyway, my life is fucking fantastic.
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So, come out of your palace, get out of your Rolls Royce and start making meaningful changesa to help humanity, the burden rests on your shoulders!

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Nah. I think my fantastic life would start to suck if I started caring about shit like Rolls Royces and "humanity." I'll stick with driving my beat up pick up, helping my neighbors, and making meaninful changes in MY OWN life. As for the "burden", I'll wait for a loser with high standards to pick it up and carry it.

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"There is a general place in your brain, I think, reserved for 'melancholy of relationships past'. It grows and prospers as life progresses, forcing you finally, against your better judgment, to listen to country music".- Kary Mullis, Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry

Nah. I think my fantastic life would start to suck if I started caring about shit like Rolls Royces and "humanity." I'll stick with driving my beat up pick up, helping my neighbors, and making meaninful changes in MY OWN life. As for the "burden", I'll wait for a loser with high standards to pick it up and carry it.
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You're so astute you actually amaze me, beat up pickup, for sure. Why are you posting with right wing rhetoric if you are a commoner. You must be a wannabee or else it makes no logical connection. People who are surviving, barely, under this regeme and like it are either martyrs or idiots, which category are you in?

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i don't think that it has to do with right wing or left wing nor do i think things are better... our access to what we have now makes people more succeptible to the evils of the world... the tv for instance... it is common or at least from what i've seen where parents let the tv raise their kids... and you can see if you just pay attention where that is getting us... each new generation gets worse... people are more crazy now and have access to weapons that can destroy the world... at least back in ancient times a crazy ruler of a rich country couldn't catapult the world to death... we have so many maniacs and crazies running around its not funny and all society does is give those people excuses and turns them into victims instead of calling them what they truly are... where we have a gov. that taxes us and the majority of the people can't even understand where the money is going to... and where hollywood and capital hill run most peoples lives... we need to stop arguing republican democrat because in the end both parties are filled with liars and cheats "for the most part" that could give a damn about the average joe... i'm happy with my life but the condition of civilization worries me...

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You're so astute you actually amaze me, beat up pickup, for sure. Why are you posting with right wing rhetoric if you are a commoner. You must be a wannabee or else it makes no logical connection. People who are surviving, barely, under this regeme and like it are either martyrs or idiots, which category are you in?[/quote]


I've looked all over, and I can't seem to find a box for you to put me in.

BTW, has it actually gotten to the point that optimism is "right wing"?

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"There is a general place in your brain, I think, reserved for 'melancholy of relationships past'. It grows and prospers as life progresses, forcing you finally, against your better judgment, to listen to country music".- Kary Mullis, Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry

BTW, has it actually gotten to the point that optimism is "right wing"? Pretty much as they are the ones reaping the harvest of Bushs' policies. Bush has done everything possible to foil the left and take shit away from the poor while giving everything to the elites, if that is not right wing bullshit, I'll eat my hat!

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Life is good, the water is sweet. The ground keeps moving beneath my feet.