JD Spydo wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 6:35 am
TomAiello wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 3:40 pm
ChrisinHove wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 1:55 am
That’s what happens if you have a core of people looking for an excuse to turn on the “other side”, leaders willing to lie to exploit that, and enough of the rest of the population gullible enough to believe those lies. Same happened in Rwanda.
Unfortunately, that seems to be the way a lot of the world's political leaders are pushing (all over) at this point. When political leaders look toward 'the glories/injustices of the past' rather than moving toward a more prosperous future for all, they breed that kind of resentment. But focusing on past glory/injustice sells well to a whole lot of people (and increasingly, also, to voters in western democracies), and it's demonstrably a very effective way for leaders to increase their own power and influence.
That's very well laid out the way you described it. Because during this most recent debacle here in the USA I've witnessed a nasty division created among it's own countrymen. The media seemed to go out of it's way to get two groups of people to gravitate to one side or the other with little or no room for compromise. Meanwhile controlling all the information so few people can really make a well informed decision. So many people reacting on emotion rather than trusted knowledge or true wisdom. Without going into details in this last two year time slot it's been extremely wise to keep your opinions to yourself unless it were to become a life or death situation. Even then things could get really volatile.
But I'm afraid with the economic core eroding as fast as it seems to be that it might change the rule book all together. And I hope and pray to GOD above all that can be averted. Personally I've never seen things so divided as they seem to be at this time in our lengthy history. Which can be a real powder keg if things were to get out of hand. And knowing who your friends really are and who your enemies really are might not be that easy to determine.
And for GODs sakes don't let any neighbors know that you are saving up provisions (unless they are trusted family and long time true friends). The last thing you want to do is to become a target for those who have not prepared. This is one time I can remember where true wisdom can prevail and silence can be golden.
Well....
There are indeed a lot of mislead and very stupid people out there.
Let us not forget the pandemic and who it was who shut everything down here in the US.
Anyhow, what did people really think would happen once the whole world was shut down for more than a year? And it still is in some places.
It's supply and demand, CAPTITALIZM..... CAPTITALIZM..... What half the country says they support and rabidly at that.
Until maybe now that it's hitting them dead square in the wallet and they are crying like a bunch of babies.
Remember the old saying...
Be careful what you wish for as you may just get it....
Not even going to get into what those same ones are trying to push now.. It's actually much, much worse... If they get that it will be much worse than people could possibly imagine.
Personally it is just sad at the very least watching what is happening and it all going right down the drain.
Well, with 350 Million people here in the US now were do people think they are going to go?
What do they think is going to happen if it all falls apart?
Can't really go anywhere to avoid the issue unless one leaves the Country, and even then well....
It's just not going to work out the way they think...
That whole RED DAWN movie thing that they seem to hold on to and pray for is just not realistic at all.