The Fine Art Of Killing Yourself (And Maybe Someone Else)

Oct 09, 2008 23:13

So here in Nevada we've been getting seeing a lot of the fight for the White House. We're a swing state, we have a good record of choosing presidents -- we voted for Bush, we voted for Clinton, we voted for Reagan and so forth. Obama and McCain have both made appearances at the local university, Romney has recently been visiting little mining ( Read more... )

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railfoxen October 10 2008, 21:35:28 UTC
Good film, thanks for sharing. McCain reminds me of the person I wanted to elect four years ago.

It's not so much capitalism that one should blame, as it is the government that interferes with it. War is not naturally profitable. By interfering with the economic processes, coercing sales of something no one wants to buy, it becomes very lucrative to manufacture more of it. War has become an industry with limitless demand, and that's insane.

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triggur October 10 2008, 13:15:26 UTC
Nice redux, thanks.

I couldn't bring myself to watch the video but I suspected it was more or less what you said.

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railfoxen October 10 2008, 21:48:29 UTC
My pleasure. I'd just finished the Kaiba series, so I was happy to have something that insulted my intelligence in less subtle ways.

Should you get a free hour or two with nothing productive to do, you might watch Obsession for yourself. It's a nice little look at What Americans Actually Believe.

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triggur October 10 2008, 22:30:41 UTC
At this point I'm so burned out on politics, on the election, and on what Americans truly think that watching that might just make me put a bullet in my head.

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abnermario October 10 2008, 21:54:09 UTC
Best way to get people to hate something is to compare to Nazis. Always.

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