Who Will Stop World War III? | 56 comments (56 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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And now let's assume that only we the people can prevent this (disregarding the fact that revolutions usually have some kind of backing from other governments). What do we do? Calling our Senators and marching in the streets seems good for asking for the right to vote. Isn't there a more effective route for dealing with imminent threats to global security?

Well, of course: strikes, blocking military bases, sabotage, masses storming the Capitol or the White House. That both of us know that 99.9% of us against the war won't be willing to do even the least violent or risky of this is a testimony to how much comfortable our generations have become in contrast to earlier ones - and how impotent democracy became even where manufactured consent didn't prevail.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 06:17:41 AM EST
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how much comfortable our generations have become in contrast to earlier ones

Guilty as charged...

But there's also another element: the increasing individualism and the erosion of social fabric and community means that people feel they have to take the risk of civil disobedience pretty much on their own. I know I do: I have no family or [essentially] friends in London. If I joined a general strike I'd be on the street in about two months.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 06:22:27 AM EST
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No trade union at your workplace?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 06:35:17 AM EST
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This is finance, DoDo. I sold my soul to the devil.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 06:39:55 AM EST
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At least you got a good rate.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 06:49:23 AM EST
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We can talk about it in Paris ;-)

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 10th, 2006 at 06:50:55 AM EST
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Who Will Stop World War III? | 56 comments (56 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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