Who says I will not, given the same power? That's my point - it is the power that divides.
Oh, government has been embracing that role long before paint was invented.
In which case, corporations, teachers, doctors, rich people, etc. cannot be trusted either. But you don't rail against those very often (well, maybe teachers sometimes). Power differentials will always exist, government being only one manifestation of that difference.
As I've said before, World War II probably had a more profound impact on America's rise than the framing of the constitution. I'd also add a very large area of natural resources likely helped as well (which took 100 years to really start exploiting). That said, I agree with the first thing you stated, but that it ALSO requires buy-in from the people.
You'll notice the times I have railed about teachers were when they were exerting governmental power. And yes, none of those people can be trusted with the level of power that has swollen in our government - because no matter the power of a corporation, government can still Ma Bell it.
The US wouldn't have been in as good a position to exploit those resources or fight that war had it been saddled with the same level of bureaucracy then as it is now. For human endeavor to be most effective, it needs to be free to operate in its own self interest - with the caveat that it must not impinge on the rights of other individuals, which is where the necessity for government comes in. But beyond that, you know the old saw about a government being big enough to give you everything also being able to take it, and we're right in the middle of an object lesson at this very moment in what can and will happen when government has too much power - it inevitably gets abused.
So you only target the biggest power differential (as you see it)? Damn all the others?
I am down with the monkeysphere as a concept. I teach evolutionary psychology, after all. But I think that understanding the monkeysphere is necessary to help us think bigger than it, not to embrace it as an excuse for our small-mindedness.
It will always be the biggest differential, as it is also most often the vehicle by which the others exert their will. So, keeping it as low as one can lowers the ceiling for the others. After all, why buy a senator when he can't get you results?
Well, that's laudable, but when it comes to group dynamics and mob mentality, I fear you're trying to bail out a pond with a thimble.
It probably will be, but that doesn't mean that other power differentials should be exempt from the exact same criticisms. If anything, you have less influence on Exxon than you do on the government, because you at least can vote, run for office, and much more. All you can do to Exxon is give them money or not. Also, corporations are more insular by design, making them predisposed to being an "other".
I'm only talking about you in this case.
I'm still probably trying to tilt windmills.
As long as Exxon doesn't take action that infringes upon my rights, I don't care what they do. If they do, I expect the government to protect my rights, as that is its true purpose. However, if the government begins to infringe upon my rights, my only redress is via the government itself - and that is the proverbial fox guarding the henhouse.
Even if you were to convince me, there will be millions upon millions unaware of the concept, much less see it as something to rise above.I'm only talking about you in this case.
I suspect this is a monkeysphere issue again. Back to the funny pictures.
I don't have fun playing video slot machines, either.
The real, unaltered photos in the comments on Imgur of Trump and Ivanka are creepy.
Well, she's not a 10 like Ivanka.
Why not link at least one?
Everything's more expensive in Michigan, except housing. You know why housing is so much cheaper in michigan? Cause everybody fuckin left.
As we're so fond of saying around here, SE MI (Wayne/Oakland/Macomb counties) tends to unfairly skew the remainder of the state's stats due to holding fully 1/3 the state's entire population in just those three counties.
Wisconsin is similar. SE Wisconsin has the most people, a few in the south central with Madison and then very small everywhere else.
Ivanka's a 10?
I'd only kick them out of bed if they said they liked it better on the floor.
HEY now. Just because I'm 5-foot-4...
Just in her daddy's eye.
That's so racist... japs are just as capable of genocidal conquest as the rest of us normal people...
