Poid said:

If you own a business, then you might be a tasty fish for them.


I don't believe in the IRS either, but they fucked my dad over a while ago (he owns a small business). All I'm saying is to play it safe. 

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Quetzalcohuatl said:

The American Dream. The dream of being born into a white protestant family from the north east with established wealth and social standing. The dream of having the wealth to achieve your goals by getting an education from a prestigious University because competition is fierce and those who have the best credentials win the game. A dream of social castes based on fitness of those who, the fittest being those born with wealth and social status, prosper and are capable to rule over the rest. Being fit and having wealth to enable you to achieve your goals and bend the law so you can achieve your dreams. A dream where education and social status takes precedence to the welfare and health of the common citizen. The fittest being those who were born fit to rule by birth, wealth and achievements. Achievements enabled by those born in circumstances able to achieve them in the first place. A dream where if you play along with the game and pay your dues, hot naked chicks are waiting for you by the dozens. A dream where equality is only a relative term applied to the appropriation of social status. A dream where everyone has their place in society and through hard work you can rise to the top and earn enough money to live easier but you can never really ever escape the stigma of your birth caste. There always was an American dream and that dream will always live in our hearts even after the they are ripped out of our chests still beating, beating to the rhythm of the American dream which is a dream that works only if you dare to dream it.

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Jack Albertson said:

Quetzalcohuatl said:

The American Dream. The dream of being born into a white protestant family from the north east with established wealth and social standing. The dream of having the wealth to achieve your goals by getting an education from a prestigious University because competition is fierce and those who have the best credentials win the game. A dream of social castes based on fitness of those who, the fittest being those born with wealth and social status, prosper and are capable to rule over the rest. Being fit and having wealth to enable you to achieve your goals and bend the law so you can achieve your dreams. A dream where education and social status takes precedence to the welfare and health of the common citizen. The fittest being those who were born fit to rule by birth, wealth and achievements. Achievements enabled by those born in circumstances able to achieve them in the first place. A dream where if you play along with the game and pay your dues, hot naked chicks are waiting for you by the dozens. A dream where equality is only a relative term applied to the appropriation of social status. A dream where everyone has their place in society and through hard work you can rise to the top and earn enough money to live easier but you can never really ever escape the stigma of your birth caste. There always was an American dream and that dream will always live in our hearts even after the they are ripped out of our chests still beating, beating to the rhythm of the American dream which is a dream that works only if you dare to dream it.

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That's exactly what my idea of the american dream was until i came i here. Everyone ive discussed this with outside of the shroomery had the same idea of the dream.

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So you thought the american dream was some terrible caste system that was obviously unjust... and this was what motivated people to move to the country and speak fondly of their plans for the future?



What are you talking about?  Every thing I've ever read that mentioned the american dream has referred to it in positive connotations.


Are you just being iconoclastic for its own sake or do you really read/watch/whatever things taht refer to the american dream as some oppresive thing?

Poid said:

I am 20, but what does that have to do with my hygiene?

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Jack Albertson said:

Icelander said:

Gee why don't I believe you. So you walk down the street smoking your bong and share all your drugs openly in the street. You don't pay war taxes and you never vote in any elections.

What did we do? We did exactly what we continue to do. Live, buy, consume, die, and never pause to think our way of life is paid for by war and death.

And most all the fools of the 70s now vote for obama or bush and fail at a  mortgage for a bigger house then they could ever need.

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why would i want to walk down the street smoking a bong? that's not very practical. But yes i do smoke weed in public. If someone is smoking a cigarette it's only fair. I dont vote, and if i do it's state, and even that's rare. I do not pay taxes.

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Icelander said:

Poid said:

I am 20, but what does that have to do with my hygiene?

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I means you have a long time to live before you can claim you have rejected the matrix. Hell you might still live at your parents home for all I know.

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Icelander said:

Jack Albertson said:

Icelander said:

Gee why don't I believe you. So you walk down the street smoking your bong and share all your drugs openly in the street. You don't pay war taxes and you never vote in any elections.

What did we do? We did exactly what we continue to do. Live, buy, consume, die, and never pause to think our way of life is paid for by war and death.

And most all the fools of the 70s now vote for obama or bush and fail at a  mortgage for a bigger house then they could ever need.

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why would i want to walk down the street smoking a bong? that's not very practical. But yes i do smoke weed in public. If someone is smoking a cigarette it's only fair. I dont vote, and if i do it's state, and even that's rare. I do not pay taxes.

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So if you saw a cop coming you would smoke weed in front of him? If you don't pay taxes how do you support yourself? Do you use currency? That supports the system. If you vote at all you support the system. No matter how much you claim to be beyond it all you make use of much that this culture has to offer.

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