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this stuff happens in the UK too. the joys of being under permanent threat of terrorism is that the definition of "terrorism" gets to cover any inconvenience to the state. any refusal to comply with any order or request by an official can be interpreted as "resistance" and dealt with accordingly.

Our only hope is that when our economies collapse under the weight of their lack of preparation for global warming or oil shortages that we get out from under (temporarily).

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 03:06:37 PM EST
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Being able to "get out from under" in any case depends on each's ability to extricate his or herself both intellectually and practicably from dependence on the regime that is forming. I don't think that sensibility of independence precludes endorsement of or participation institutional government per se. I do think that "temporarily" such an adaptation is a health rejection of invidious norms. A fragmented polity is counter-intuitive  in this age of so-called grassroots organizations. But that's exactly what's required to disable totalitarian remedies.

See this personal strategic check list.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 04:17:51 PM EST
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