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Originally posted by Krypton By all means, try . All dictators started somewhere..

Try Venezuela George, they'd love you there

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"...End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path...one that we all must take.
The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass...and then you see it...
...white shores...and beyond...the far green country under a swift sunrise."

8 out of 13 will probably die.

3 out of 13 could potentially make a difference.

2 out of 13 just don't care.

0 out of 13 would become oppressed... which is the most interesting statistic of all. Because there are no votes here, I have a feeling that many people don't truly understand the nature of themselves and the "pack mentality". We're already oppressed on many levels, afterall.

Einstein was in the second group, by the way. So were the blacks who fought the south during the civil war.

Anne Frank was in the first category. So was Brutus and Cassius.

Millions, the common denomitors, occupy the third and fourth ranks, whether you admit and realize it to yourself or not. I'd be willing to bet *most* (>50%) people would kill their neighbor if told by an authoritarian power to do so. Not necessarily out of malice, but we've a long way to come as a species... lots of growing up to do.