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Originally Posted by Thunda
Most people I know are against the government, and all stuff that is related to it. Not teenager-anger, but in a serious way. Thing is, 0% of them are punks (or followers of trend, media).
And I quite do to. This punk-thing long lost. Now any person, who sees through the thick fog of bullshit that is created by the media and the government, is against it. Can be a metalhead, hip-hopper, rasta or insert what you would like to insert.
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I kind of fit into all genre's, but I know it's not just teenager-anger or
anything, because I've basically been raised on that saying "Don't trust
anything you hear on the news, etc." and my mom is constantly telling
us (me and my sisters) about some new conspiracy she read.
I don't generally follow trends, no matter who I hang out with
(Who are, actually, a group of misfits really I.E. Jock, Stoner,
Anarchist, Metalheads, etc.)
Honestly, I wish more people would believe me when I try to tell
them stuff about the government, but they seem perfectly fine
with it, and choose not to believe stuff that makes complete sense.
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Originally Posted by Altaru
That's how a GOOD, and WORKING government runs.
Unfortunately, that's not the case in most places.
Coincidentally, I was asked the question of "would anarchy work?" by my english teacher earlier this school year.
My reply was that I think things would dissolve into total chaos.
However, only for a short time.
Eventually, anarchy could become a stable system. But it would take time. A very long time.
And this is because it would take a complete rewrite of present-day human nature.
The people would have to learn to function on their own, and right now only a very slim minority can do that. The majority of people need a government, or a large corporation, or some other system, to rule their lives. They never learned to think for themselves, they never had to.
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You're probably very correct about that. Especially the part I put
in bold. Anarchy has a 5% chance of working smoothly at first
because not everybody wants that, and not everybody would
cooperate.
That makes me wonder, if Anarchy ever did happen, what would
it actually be like? Would it be a whole country, a state or region,
a major city, a minor city? It would definitely be the hardest thing
to get used to, because your whole life would be different. You
would have to start from scratch learning how to live like that,
even if it's what you've always dreamed of your entire life, it would
probably still be very overwhelming at first.
P.S : I like your siggy.
"We're all puppets. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings."
Also, my full opinion on rioting:
I believe that if you only did peaceful-protesting, the government
would wait until y'all got tired of it, and just let it pass through,
without actually listening to what you wanted. Which is where I
think the rioting comes in, and this is what brings their attention
to y'all. I do agree, that rioting causes a lot of damage, and to
innocent people, but you have to sometimes understand where
they are coming from. Usually, they have a strong cause that
they are supporting, for example, in Greece, the boy that got
shot by the police, and even though it says "accidental" they
believe that it wasn't, and the protesters are calling for justice
and such, and the rioters are drawing attention and they're
pissed off at their government because something like that had
happened in the first place.
Also, I'd like to give them props on standing up to the riot police.
Especially on their skillful homemade Molotov cocktails. :3
It takes a lot to continue fighting back when you're surrounded
by tear gas without any gas mask.