Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Scott Metro on December 31, 2020, 08:08:21 AM
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I ask my self, would our ancestors have put up with what we have now.
My mind wanders back to some old Viking village..when all of a sudden a bunch of people gather in the middle of the village and begin to burn huts, steal from ordinary people, kill and maim.
Do you think the elders would have gathered and lopped off the heads of these misfits, or would they just allow it to happen?
I'm thinking the normal folks would have nipped it in the bud. I may be wrong on this, but, I'm thinking the old concept of stewardship for the clan/community/culture would have kicked in and the problem would have been dealt with.
But, we are civilized now and have surrendered our stewardship to those we chose to represent us.
What's your take on this?
Am I too old fashion?
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It seems to me that some aspects "Civilization" has morphed into license to act uncivilized.
The abundant food, water, shelter, and luxury sure is nice though.
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Not everyone is allowed to act that way, only certain groups.
None of it is organic, from the grass roots up. These are top down orchestrated chaos events.
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Post withdrawn. My answer depended too much on who had the most pitchforks or the most helicopters.
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The problem is that they don't have to do anything to have Maslow covered. When existing takes literally no effort, the lowlifes have plenty of free time to cause trouble, in a system that they won't be punished for it.
The reverse would be us. Lot of folks are more than a little bit pissed about the election and how things are going, but still have to go to work in the morning.
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I ask my self, would our ancestors have put up with what we have now.
My mind wanders back to some old Viking village..when all of a sudden a bunch of people gather in the middle of the village and begin to burn huts, steal from ordinary people, kill and maim.
Do you think the elders would have gathered and lopped off the heads of these misfits, or would they just allow it to happen?
I'm thinking the normal folks would have nipped it in the bud. I may be wrong on this, but, I'm thinking the old concept of stewardship for the clan/community/culture would have kicked in and the problem would have been dealt with.
But, we are civilized now and have surrendered our stewardship to those we chose to represent us.
What's your take on this?
Am I too old fashion?
Not TOO many noteworthy incidents in the past.
Northfield, Minnesota 1876
Athens, Tennessee 1946
Koreatown, Los Angeles, 1992
Nothing much in the 21st century. =(
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We will see what happens when they actually try to go into neighborhoods and "burn it all down". In those business areas, they local authorities seem to be there to prevent anyone from stopping it. I have heard a few people armed up to protect business and mostly get left alone. Not sure where that is.