The key issue about militias was that they were used to protect the "property" of slave owners. That's right. It was used so that militias could be formed to fight against slaves being free.
The ones without guns were blacks. The ones with guns were the chemists looking to protect their form of cheap labor.
This gave rise to the electoral college over popular vote which didn't like to think of slaves as anything other than 3/5ths of a person.
No. The reason that our second amendment reads as it does is to promote slavery.
No. The second amendment was about militias rising up to protect the American government.
A militia came up to protect Washington, which was regulated by each state. It's quite clear that the Founding Fathers didn't want a standing army because they knew that would be a form of imperialism. It's why the army WA to be regulated every two years and the power of war given to Congress, which represents the people.
It's not there so you can amass a small fortune while tragedy happens in a misguided effort to "follow the Constitution"
1) The 14th amendment makes no difference between natural and artificial persons. In English common law, corporations are people mainly for tax purposes.
2) Since Lewis Powell's memo gave a template for how to make the Supreme Court respond favorably to the public, you see corporate power increase. Citizens United only exacerbated an already bad situation.
You have no idea how difficult the life of a felon truly is...
In the US, we have 2.2 million people considered feelings thanks mainly to our drug war.
You have no access to public education, public funding, public housing, our anything else for ten years. You pay your jailor when you're out on parole and your options for jobs are slim and none when you get out. Communities are torn up to make you an outcast. And to add insult to injury, you can be caucased outside of your place of residency so that when you vote, you have less of a voice in politics than you could imagine.
Felonies are a big deal and we have states and corporations that are empowered to use their powers topunish instead of their own common sense to what's right.
I always wonder why people forget that the democracy is supposed to be "we, the people"...
Yet, people attack the government instead of looking into why we are suppressing information.
It's really not that hard. Who controls the politicians? Who has excesses funds to supply the president with funds to further their agenda?
That would be the very wealthy. We have an established shadow democracy that the FBI, CIA and other governmental entities answer to. The ones that further their existence would be the same ones that use bribery and extortion to create their ill-gotten billions.
Honestly, I would rather people focused on how to create a better alternative than a government only interested in helping out the extremely wealthy to the detriment of the entire nation.
The main ones that support copyright monopolies get a lit of money in tax subsidies to maintain their position. Further, they have the money to buy governments. There is no discussion of alternatives in their world and their monopoly is inherently unstable.
Every time you have to fix copyright, it will be from the ground up. As I see it, copyright is a reflection of the inherent flaws of our capitalist system. A monopolist will work to monopolize a market and force a government to do itsbidding. This worked for 30 years to consolidate the entertainment market. You now can't make a fan-based remake of Star Wars without George Lucas taking his cut. Yet, you can find his movie for free along with the other six. Lucasfilms may own the copyright, but out doesn't control the millions of fans that work to make their own culture no matter what the law or a monopolist says.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Copyright matters to those who make their money from copyrighted items; others not so much.
The problem when making your money via ad revenue is that sooner or later you are likely to be replaced by a different company going after your audience.
Hold on a second...
Not every "market" lives and dies by ad revenue.
Some people create art on Deviantart but that's not a "market" that people live and die by.
Somehow, it just doesn't seem to be an accurate statement that you have to believe in monetizing everything for the sake of money.
I don't know why people keep whining about law enforcement / spying / military in this country? If you voted (IF), you voted for it.
Explain how people voted to support this when they have no proportional representation in the House and have to follow the rules of a Senate process that elects two sides of a corporate elite.
So the next time you decide to whine Tim and all the commentees, remember to vote and vote for something that means something. 40% of registered voters are registered independent but yet we have no independence. Gives you something to think about huh!
And yet, you don't know how bad our voting process really is?
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Re: Re: Patterns of bullying
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What we need is...
You're joking right?
The key issue about militias was that they were used to protect the "property" of slave owners. That's right. It was used so that militias could be formed to fight against slaves being free.
The ones without guns were blacks. The ones with guns were the chemists looking to protect their form of cheap labor.
This gave rise to the electoral college over popular vote which didn't like to think of slaves as anything other than 3/5ths of a person.
No. The reason that our second amendment reads as it does is to promote slavery.
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This is all coming out now because he seems to have an unusually high profile in being extremely aggressive.
It's kind of like a redwood... The bigger they are, the harder they fall. I think the damage over this suicide is going to be devastating.
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This is all coming out now because he seems to have an unusually high profile in being extremely aggressive.
It's kind of like a redwood... The bigger they are, the harder they fall. I think the damage over this suicide is going to be devastating.
On the post: The Case Against Aaron Swartz Was Complete Garbage
Re: Re: Re: Re: What we need is...
A militia came up to protect Washington, which was regulated by each state. It's quite clear that the Founding Fathers didn't want a standing army because they knew that would be a form of imperialism. It's why the army WA to be regulated every two years and the power of war given to Congress, which represents the people.
It's not there so you can amass a small fortune while tragedy happens in a misguided effort to "follow the Constitution"
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Re:
1) The 14th amendment makes no difference between natural and artificial persons. In English common law, corporations are people mainly for tax purposes.
2) Since Lewis Powell's memo gave a template for how to make the Supreme Court respond favorably to the public, you see corporate power increase. Citizens United only exacerbated an already bad situation.
On the post: The Case Against Aaron Swartz Was Complete Garbage
Re: Re: What we need is...
You want to take in the federal government with the DOJ, FBI, CIA, drones, National Guard and an army (who have tanks btw) with your gun?
Have fun with that. Also, how comfortable are you in killing American soldiers who may just be following orders?
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In the US, we have 2.2 million people considered feelings thanks mainly to our drug war.
You have no access to public education, public funding, public housing, our anything else for ten years. You pay your jailor when you're out on parole and your options for jobs are slim and none when you get out. Communities are torn up to make you an outcast. And to add insult to injury, you can be caucased outside of your place of residency so that when you vote, you have less of a voice in politics than you could imagine.
Felonies are a big deal and we have states and corporations that are empowered to use their powers topunish instead of their own common sense to what's right.
That is never good for democracy in the long run.
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Re: Re:
Yet, people attack the government instead of looking into why we are suppressing information.
It's really not that hard. Who controls the politicians? Who has excesses funds to supply the president with funds to further their agenda?
That would be the very wealthy. We have an established shadow democracy that the FBI, CIA and other governmental entities answer to. The ones that further their existence would be the same ones that use bribery and extortion to create their ill-gotten billions.
Honestly, I would rather people focused on how to create a better alternative than a government only interested in helping out the extremely wealthy to the detriment of the entire nation.
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New disclaimer for Kickstarter
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
The main ones that support copyright monopolies get a lit of money in tax subsidies to maintain their position. Further, they have the money to buy governments. There is no discussion of alternatives in their world and their monopoly is inherently unstable.
Every time you have to fix copyright, it will be from the ground up. As I see it, copyright is a reflection of the inherent flaws of our capitalist system. A monopolist will work to monopolize a market and force a government to do itsbidding. This worked for 30 years to consolidate the entertainment market. You now can't make a fan-based remake of Star Wars without George Lucas taking his cut. Yet, you can find his movie for free along with the other six. Lucasfilms may own the copyright, but out doesn't control the millions of fans that work to make their own culture no matter what the law or a monopolist says.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [B&W copyright arguement]
In a capitalist society, it's the large companies that tend to break smaller ones to maintain fragile monopolies.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Copyright matters to those who make their money from copyrighted items; others not so much.
The problem when making your money via ad revenue is that sooner or later you are likely to be replaced by a different company going after your audience.
Hold on a second...
Not every "market" lives and dies by ad revenue.
Some people create art on Deviantart but that's not a "market" that people live and die by.
Somehow, it just doesn't seem to be an accurate statement that you have to believe in monetizing everything for the sake of money.
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Re: Congrats Cush
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Explain how people voted to support this when they have no proportional representation in the House and have to follow the rules of a Senate process that elects two sides of a corporate elite.
So the next time you decide to whine Tim and all the commentees, remember to vote and vote for something that means something. 40% of registered voters are registered independent but yet we have no independence. Gives you something to think about huh!
And yet, you don't know how bad our voting process really is?
Let me help you.
Here's our Electoral College which promotes slave labor.
Then, look into the First Past the Post system along with gerrymandering to see why we've got a rotten system that promotes two corporate parties over the needs of the people.
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So my questions...
Or...
Does our liberty come at a significant price?
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Re: Re: Hold the phone...
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Hold the phone...
Didn't the First Amendment state how there are no secret laws?
I must be imagining that...
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Now they have to work on their Lumbering Management Assessments Operations (LMaO).
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