YOU'RE ALL TRAPPED IN A MAZE

edited 2011-12-11 16:31:50 in General
HAHAHA

It was 1976, the year America turned 200 years old. Old enough to drink seventy-eight tonnes of beer in the span of one year. But you see, America didn't have seventy-eight tonnes of beer because IT WAS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE BOURGEOISIE GOD DAMN IT.

And so, it built a boat out of human intestines and wood stolen from its neighbor, Andrea's fence. Because America was a greedy shithead, it boated itself with its bare arms all the way to Colombia, where it got all the brown sugar on Earth for the cheap price of $400 dollars, far less than its estimated worth of $10 billion. That's how much Viacom paid for Paramount Communications! Imagine that, a movie studio worth more than all the brown sugar on Earth! What kind of fucked-up society is this, huh?

And indeed, it was said purchase that triggered humanity's rapid turn to insanity and decay. Panic and blood flowed in the streets as Viacom's reign of terror as Ruler of Paramount Pictures began. This is the studio that would shit out hundreds of sequels to Fritz the fucking Cat. Ralph Bakshi was pissed the fuck off, and so he was assisted by Opalescence in killing everything. And perhaps he used the souls to fuel his supercomputer, which no longer had any purpose beyond simple narcissism.

Good thing none of this ever happened, huh? I bet you'll be real pleased to know that!
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  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    wat
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I was loopy when I wrote that.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    ALSO WAT
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Loopy from Life with Loopy, which you are too young to remember, I assume.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind

    was that an actual thing

    actually on tv

  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Yeah. It was part of KaBlam!, which had a bunch of recurring segments, a couple of which later got their own shows.

    It never gets reran because it's probably tangled in a rights quagmire.
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I smiled and giggled throughout that whole thing. You're a nonsensical little boy and I love you for it.

    Also, was "$400 dollars" intentional?
  • Living tissue over endoskeleton.
    This was my favorite part of KaBlam!



    That and Prometheus and Bob.
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  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    ^^^No, but I left it in anyway.
  • Do you mean politically? directionally? Please elaborate Superglobe.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    He means directionally.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    no, he obviously means you must become more liberal
  • God I hate how liberally people use the word liberal today. Liberal =/= left.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    Okay. Explain to me the difference.
  • edited 2011-12-12 20:12:52
    Liberalism is a broad spectrum of beliefs the modern liberalism is a specific faction known as "social liberalism" which advocates implementation of the social justice movement. Contrast with "classsical liberalism" which has a focus on individual rights. Non-aggression, and limited government. While the social liberals will more often use government to attain their goals classical liberals are far more cautious about doing so. In this case it's about means rather then ends and a certain dagree of semantics. Specifically how you define rights and liberty. While classical liberals define it as a strictly negative concept and a nullification of outside force or authority social liberals define it as positive and an entitlement besoted by a collective or authority. Further difference is that a psitive concept of liberty requires action to be taken against one individual in order to provide that right to another. in essence in order to enable someone such a right you need to take action against someone else to attain the means.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    Please explain it to me in a way that doesn't require me to have a political science degree.
  • I'm sorry. I'm very bad with Layman like to take this to PM? I don't have such a degree either though I hope to one day attain one. I just do my research.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind

    No problem, I was just confused what you meant, because I thought liberal = left.

    ANYWAY. BACK ON TOPIC.

    ...wait, what was the topic again?

  • I don't know. Want to go on with our discussion?
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    All right.
  • OK if you wouldn't mind helping me out Let's pick this whole explanation a are lost and what terms need explanation.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    I'm not sure what "social justice movement" means, for starters.
  • The social justice movement is a bit of a complex animal It is a good thing 9in and of itself. Advocationg equality and freedom. The problem is the question of where these things come from and where you attain them. The modern leftist understanding of the concept holds that you need government power, authority, or aggression in order to attain social justice and that it means equality of outcomes. Basically the idea that you need legislation to create these things. While classical liberalism holds that it can only peacefully and properly occure as a natural state with minimal intrusion from an outside force.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    All right, I think I get that. What does "limited government" mean?
  • Limited government refers to a government that has only very limited powers in what and how it can govern. Usually defined by a charter such as a constitution which will grant specific powers to any branch or organization of government. Let's use the Original cocnept ion of the United States government which was established on principles of classical liberalism. the first three articles define each branch of government. Article I outlines the specific powers of congress in Section 8. It can not step outside of these powers nore can it do anything forbidden by Section 9 and as of the 14th amendment can not go against any other amendments to the Constitution. The executive branch is strictly defined in Article II. It's bound by thge same system as the first (with maybe a bit of difference in the format of that Article) and Article III handles the Judicial branch. Now it wasn't untill the passage of the Bill of Rights wherein the ideas of limited government, Proper seperation of church and state, as well as the people having non specified rights were established. These were established in the 10th, 1st, and 9th Amendments respectively.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind

    All right, I think I get that, too.

    So social liberals want the government to give liberty and classical liberals want it to come about naturally?

  • Sort of. It's not how they want liberty to come about it's where they think liberty comes form. Social Liberals think it comes form the state through legislation, regulation, government programs, and the like. While classical liberalism holds that these things can actually be an impediment to progress and that liberty is a natural state in the absence of obstacles and force. It's all a question of means to achieve the same ends.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    Okay, I think I get it now. Thanks for clarifying it.
  • Ah yes another important divide is the difference between the individual and the collective. While classical liberals are more individualist and thus hold to the concept of "individual rights" Social liberals hold more to the concept of "collective" rights. which tends to exclude the individual in favor of the group.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    Is that where the term socialism comes from?
  • I'm not sure if they share a common etymology actually. The only question I have for you is which side are you on?
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    I'd say classical liberalism, but that's mostly because I don't care for bureaucracy that much. 
  • What country are you from anyway?
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    America.
  • Oh then i'm surprised you don't already know about this. The classical liberal movement is still quite abit alive in the US you have mild cases such as the Natural Law party but the major orginization that is more strictly classical liberal would be the Libertarian Party. You also have certain cases from the two main Parties. Such as Mike Gravel form the Democratic Party and Ron Paul and Gary Johnson from the Republican Party.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    I thought the Republican Party was conservative, though.
  • For the most part they are. The members of the two parties that I listed however are rare exceptions to the Democrats generally social liberal (Though in recent years thats coming in to question) and Republicans Conservative (again coming in to question) agendas.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    So, if there are liberal Republicans, are there any conservative Democrats that come to mind?
  • Depends if you mean socially Conservative, Fiscally Conservative. Having both together. even with conservatism there is quite a bit of division such as Neoconservatism Versus Paleoconservatism. Now keep in mind that there are very few classical Liberal Democrats as well. most of them are of the more social liberal persuasion. But the only example I can think of as far as conservative Democrats right off the top of my head is Fred Phelps. I'd have to look at his economic and military stances to figure out if he's Paleo or Neo. There are a LOT of divides.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    Dang. @_@
  • It's complicated. There's also Neoliberalism wich differs from both classical and social liberalism. Though i'm not as well acquainted with Neoliberalism as I am the other ideologies and sub divisions.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    What's the difference between neoconservativism and paleoconservatism? 
  • I might be wrong on this one but I think Paleoconservatives are more aligned socially with theocracy and economically with free markets (close to classical liberalism) While Neoconservatism is more closely aligned with a concept known as plutocratic nationalism. Which incorporates the concepts of nationalism, militarism, and corporatism/corporate stateism. Whether it is only some or all of these attributes that are present within Neoconservatism depends on who you ask.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    Ok, I see the phrase "militarism" and I think "facism". I'm hoping that they're not related at all.
  • They are. Corporatism, Nationalism, and Militarism are concepts central to fascism. In many ways Neoconservatism is largely a resurgence of fascism. Especially those who identify as Neoconservatives and fit all three of those principles. Then you have some Neoconservatives who for some reason identify as such but only advocate ONE of those aspects such as ones who only advocate Militarism. But the most common is usally the full package.
  • i wish to come up with a song lyric for this signature, but no song lyrics are coming to mind
    What does militarism mean, anyways?
  • an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby claims to be its most important aspect. This usually manifests in an inflated military budget and when combined with corporatism it involves using the state to prop up corporations such as the military industrial complex. Other features include an interventionist policy of involvment in conflicts abroad, Heavy imperialism, and the creation of a police state wherein the military has a large role in civil society. Often also include3s conscription and draft.
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