Comment Re:Americans are Hypocrites (Score 1) 343
You are amazingly enlightened. It does astound me that, in general, we find it so easy to curse the beast that we have created. Much like Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, we constructed this empire with such fervor and determination, then recoil in horror and disgust that the empire does not behave the way we intended.
However, much like Frankenstein, there does come a point where that we which have wrought cannot be undone by the creators. Sure, it is easy to say that we can kill the beast since it is the people that are sustaining it. I argue, however, that while it only takes a few to create these empires, it takes many to actually kill it. Unfortunately, those of us that I consider unwitting participants in this initial endeavor do not compose the entire group that began these dark ventures. I believe some have begun the process of scorning these empires, but way too many have been tainted by the darker side never to turn back.
My college philosophy professor once stated that society in general will not change until the things that cause us pain are brought to an extreme. Then the society will general react to the other extreme to solve the problem until it finally settles into the median range again.
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. -William Shakespeare
For my own part, regret nothing. Have lived life, free from compromise... and step into the shadow now without complaint. -Hermann Rorschach
shadowspires
However, much like Frankenstein, there does come a point where that we which have wrought cannot be undone by the creators. Sure, it is easy to say that we can kill the beast since it is the people that are sustaining it. I argue, however, that while it only takes a few to create these empires, it takes many to actually kill it. Unfortunately, those of us that I consider unwitting participants in this initial endeavor do not compose the entire group that began these dark ventures. I believe some have begun the process of scorning these empires, but way too many have been tainted by the darker side never to turn back.
My college philosophy professor once stated that society in general will not change until the things that cause us pain are brought to an extreme. Then the society will general react to the other extreme to solve the problem until it finally settles into the median range again.
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. -William Shakespeare
For my own part, regret nothing. Have lived life, free from compromise... and step into the shadow now without complaint. -Hermann Rorschach
shadowspires
