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For Lilian and the Indigos - Above Top Secret

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say <strong>the</strong>y are indiscernible, <strong>the</strong>y are integrating two o<strong>the</strong>r ideas in order to discard <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

Greens may be <strong>the</strong> newer party but <strong>the</strong>y are still just an old response to old issues. In<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r words, is it more about doing it <strong>the</strong> Green way or NOT doing it <strong>the</strong> Republicrat<br />

way? Few would argue that Greens, if in power, would create a better effect for <strong>the</strong> world<br />

as a whole, but that ideal qualifier is not considered by most; Hawkish behavior makes<br />

for a more entertaining The Government Show (an essay unto itself) than peace <strong>and</strong><br />

harmony.<br />

Greens <strong>and</strong> Democrats are probably seen as <strong>the</strong> same by Republicans as well…<br />

This 3 (2) way grudge match is zero sum. It's less <strong>and</strong> less process <strong>and</strong> more <strong>and</strong> more<br />

spectacle. The Direct Democracy perspective is so far beyond <strong>the</strong> spectacle that I can<br />

look at it objectively <strong>and</strong> accuse <strong>the</strong>m all of being ill-conceived, subjectively well<br />

intentioned, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>refore useless to <strong>the</strong> planet as a whole. Call me a bleeding heart<br />

liberal treehugger; fact is, my life depends on <strong>the</strong> biosphere, not a billion dollar a day<br />

military budget. Greens <strong>and</strong> I agree <strong>the</strong>re, but we part ways on how to go about spending<br />

a billion a day on a sustainable infrastructure, health care, education etc…<br />

I know why <strong>the</strong> right hates <strong>the</strong> left <strong>and</strong> left right. Each contains stupid people who ruin it<br />

for <strong>the</strong> reasonable/humble/aware/not-too-attached-to-labels crowd.<br />

While conservatives, liberals <strong>and</strong> greens are busying <strong>the</strong>mselves with popularity, failing<br />

to acknowledge <strong>the</strong> valid points of all, <strong>the</strong>re are people unsatisfied with any party asking,<br />

"hey, y'know, maybe politicians, parties <strong>and</strong> three branches aren't necessary?"<br />

Is your view really that of any party? Aren't <strong>the</strong>re factions of your party or representatives<br />

that you don't want to be associated with because, in consensus reality, you're seen as that<br />

jerk too?<br />

"Well what's <strong>the</strong> alternative? Communism, anarchy, monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, blah<br />

blah blah…ALL OLD IDEAS!<br />

If I said "LETS BURN THE CONSTITUTION" – figuratively of course – some would<br />

say how unpatriotic that notion is. O<strong>the</strong>rs would say <strong>the</strong> current political system is doing<br />

just that. America is <strong>the</strong> result of people being proactively intolerant of <strong>the</strong>ir current<br />

social system. <strong>For</strong>tunately for <strong>the</strong>m a pristine l<strong>and</strong> was available for exodus, needing only<br />

genocide <strong>and</strong> slavery to get <strong>the</strong>m on <strong>the</strong>ir feet. They brought with <strong>the</strong>m some old ideas<br />

along with <strong>the</strong>ir ideal. Clearly native tribes of both continents were going to have to deal<br />

with "new."<br />

Tribal warfare was replaced with alliances with <strong>the</strong> invaders. The culture clash made old<br />

new; that is, permaculture for us – guns <strong>and</strong> smallpox for <strong>the</strong>m. I mention this because<br />

history can <strong>and</strong> must repeat itself except all <strong>the</strong> bad stuff that goes with a revolution<br />

needn't happen.

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