relic said:

i remember being young and thinking i had a lot of this sort of stuff all figured out.  i also remember thinking to myself, 'why can't any of those dummies figure out this shit, even when i explain it to them?'

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I am merely stating that voting and participation in the current system is contributing to the problem at hand.

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Jokeshopbeard said:

So you're that kind of special and wonderful human that enjoys shitting on everyone else's plans/dreams/hopes/ideals, when in actuality, you have none of your own? And then, when questioned, says 'read this book I read that I think is REALLY cool, and if you don't read it, well then you're just closed minded'.

You're not long for this community if you carry on like this Zaid, you have my word.

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st1llnox said:

I'm voting hard right.

Sure you wanna spend election day on the sofa?

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PsientistX said:

st1llnox said:

I'm voting hard right.

Sure you wanna spend election day on the sofa?

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I thought you were gone. We know you be dropping in peepin. You broke up with someone you still love hahaha

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Zaid said:

Sharing any insights as to my end-goal will ultimately mean nothing to you, as I'm sure we are all aware

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Zaid said:

It is statements like that which have left those generations a laughing stock to younger ones when there might be real insights to be shared among generations.

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But what about the fact my state voted for cannabis reform only medical( I'll take it), and raising minimum wage.

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Jokeshopbeard said:

Zaid said:

Sharing any insights as to my end-goal will ultimately mean nothing to you, as I'm sure we are all aware

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Actually it would mean a lot to me. It would prove that you're not just here to troll.

I'm going to ask you again Zaid;

Tell me about how you plan to live as a free agent amongst the system.

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Jokeshopbeard said:

I don't watch television.

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PsientistX said:

Zaid even if your right every single person at least the majority would have to not vote. Which is not going to happen

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Zaid said:

Jokeshopbeard said:

OK then smartypants, why don't you tell us how you're going achieve 'free agency' in this world?

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I never claimed to have a satisfactory answer. I am merely stating that voting and participation in the current system is contributing to the problem at hand.

Though, to shed some light for you, I think Charles Manson and James Mason have some very good insights on successfully breaking away from the current system. Reading their works (like Siege) will give you a far better understanding than I could ever explain here. Although it should be taken more from an 'Amish-like' perspective rather than focusing on racial genocides and outright hatred as those two nazis so often loved to do.

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XLCaps said:

Zaid said:

Jokeshopbeard said:

OK then smartypants, why don't you tell us how you're going achieve 'free agency' in this world?

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I never claimed to have a satisfactory answer. I am merely stating that voting and participation in the current system is contributing to the problem at hand.

Though, to shed some light for you, I think Charles Manson and James Mason have some very good insights on successfully breaking away from the current system. Reading their works (like Siege) will give you a far better understanding than I could ever explain here. Although it should be taken more from an 'Amish-like' perspective rather than focusing on racial genocides and outright hatred as those two nazis so often loved to do.

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It's contributing is it? It's survival. The stakes matter so you eat. Acting like you're above eating doesn't solve the problem. You just eat, or you farm and feed others. This is how you exit society, in it's eyes you die. Or you just die. Voting does matter and it's the same reason we lock our doors at night. People love to talk bad about republic politcal systems but yet the other options aren't good enough and they can't come up with a better solution than "YOLO, fuck y'all." People smarter than us have spent too much time trying to solve this problem for a bunch of dummies to come along and say the lack of a solution is everyone else's fault.

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Zaid said:

By the very definition of trolling, I have never trolled these forums. I'm going to challenge you again Jokeshop; find me an example in which I have by definition and not by your own arbitrary whims of whatever 'trolling' might entail to you. Sharing opinions is not trolling.

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In Internet slang, a troll (/troʊl, trɒl/) is a person who starts quarrels or upsets people on the Internet to distract and sow discord by posting inflammatory and digressive,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers into displaying emotional responses[2] and normalizing tangential discussion,[3] whether for the troll's amusement or a specific gain.

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