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>>>They are would-be aristocrats who fully intend to return us to a society of orders and classes, and they’re using so-called “intellectual property†law as a tool with which to do it.<<br />
True. But, this is just one in a long line of steps already taken. In the US, it is now absolutely "legal" to arrest someone without charges, and hold them indefinitely. You can be labeled a "terrorist" for saying anything that those in charge deem "threatening." To what? Their superiority and control over a population that (in their view) basically exists to feed the coffers. And this is legal now in this country. Revolutions have been started for less than this throughout history. Why isn't that happening here? Because the propaganda system in this society, promulgated under the guise of "education," "media," and so on has been so incredibly effective, that there has, up till now, been no need for "communist"-type tactics. (Read Chomsky's early essays for a more in-depth explanation of this.)

In the mid-90s, I went to see Jimmy Carter speak at my college. When asked what the single biggest problem in our society was, his answer was not race relations, environmental issues, or education. It was: class. Regardless of what you think of him, for an ex-president of the US to say that, well, I think there are a lot of revelations to be discovered here.

The history of human society has been the elite vs. the masses. If you think it has *ever* been any different in this so-called "free" society of ours, well, then, I got a bridge I'd like to sell you.

It seems to me to come down to that old adage "show me, don't tell me." We all know that a hallmark of amateurish writing is telling as opposed to showing. I suppose that could certainly be applied to "internet trolls."

Reminds me of that great scene in True Romance between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper when Walken says: "What we got here is a little game of show and tell. You don't wanna show me nothin'. But you're tellin' me everything."

Classic.

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