I’ve always wanted to know what politicians and other well known people, people whose opinions are well known, what they really think. I mean obviously obama can’t say what he truly thinks about anything. Everything out of his mouth is calculated to achieve one end or another. What is he trying to achieve? I find it hard to believe that all of the old men making big decisions for the US are acting completely selfishly. What could is any change of wealth to someone who is months away from death? What motivates that person to work so hard so close to death?
I’m pretty fucking cynical. I think I have good reason to be. I just read a news article about how Full Tilt Poker doesn’t have enough money to pay their players who had money online, because they gave the player money as dividends to their owners…apparently they’re about 300 million short because of this. That info came from the department of justice, who also conveniently has seized 300+ million in the last four years. So Full tilt is pointing the finger at the DoJ, DoJ points finger at Full Tilt, they both have 300+ million and players are left with 0 of their original 300 mil. Isn’t it crazy that the government takes my money and blames it on someone else? They already took their cut of my winnings via taxes. I think its crazy.
The greatest trick my generations ruling class has done is to convince us that they are just like us, that they share our problems and aspirations, and that because of all of this they are working towards our best interests. I just read a quote today from Steinbeck
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
I think our greatest hope is that the ruling class knows what they’re doing. They had to be pretty bright to get to the top, and also had to have a good understanding of how the world works to get there. Hopefully they can keep humanity progressing, and maybe even accelerate our progress?
We all pretty much believe all of that right? Because to think that the rich and powerful are doing anything else is, well, just plain paranoid.
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