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"Oh Shit! ... GMO Food Sterilizes People ... And It's Really A Form of Population Control?"
"There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized."
Alexander King, Bertrand Schneider - founder Club of Rome - The First Global Revolution, pp.104-105
"In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill ... All these dangers are caused by human intervention and it is only through changed attitudes and behaviour that they can be overcome. The real enemy, then, is humanity itself."
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Were We All Kunta Kinte? Or Are We Also Mansa Musa?
Barry Goldwater 1909-1998
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. "
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad
"It Is Easier To Change A Man's Religion Than It Is To Change His Diet"
Private Prison Industry
2,000,000 human beings in American prisons and counting
IS THIS LITTLE GUY A PERSON?
The founders of the American state understood that the proper functioning of a democracy required an educated electorate. It is this understanding that justifies a system of public education and that led slaveholders to resist the spread of literacy among their chattels. But the meaning of "educated" has changed beyond recognition in two hundred years. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are no longer sufficient to decide on public policy. Now we need quantum mechanics and molecular biology. The knowledge required for political rationality, once available to the masses, is now in the possession of a specially educated elite, a situation that creates a series of tensions and contradictions in the operation of representative democracy.
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”
Margaret Sanger. Woman, Morality, and Birth Control. New York: New York Publishing Company, 1922. P
"We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don’t want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population. and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members."
Louis Pasteur
"The Microbe is nothing. The terrain is everything."
Beverly Johnson. Beverly Hills. 1978
"Bra! Tell Me About It!"
"Most of the trouble I have had in advancing the cause of the race has come from Negroes."
Ted Turner - CNN founder and UN supporter - quoted in the The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, June '
"A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal."
Lord Bertrand Russell, The Impact of Science On Society (Routledge Press: New York, 1951).
"At present the population of the world is increasing at about 58,000 per diem. War, so far, has had no very great effect on this increase, which continued throughout each of the world wars.. War has hitherto been disappointing in this respect, but perhaps bacteriological war may prove effective. If a Black Death could spread throughout the world once in every generation, survivors could procreate freely without making the world too full. The state of affairs might be unpleasant, but what of it?"
Denmark Vesey For President 08
1. Troops Out Of Iraq Immediately. Like By Monday. 2. Money Owed To Haliburton and War Contractors Be Given Directly To The Iraqi People 3. Complete Electoral Reform 4. No Corporate Conglomerate Will Be Allowed To Control More Than 5% Of News Market 5. Federal Reserve Abolished 6. For-Profit Prison Industry Abolished
*George Orwell (1903-1950) English novelist, critic
Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness... If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... The great enemy of clear language is insincerity... The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it... To see what is in front of one's nose requires a constant struggle... For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.
“The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society will be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values.” – Zbigniew Brzezinski
God Don't Make No Mistakes
Gordon Parks 1912-2006
"I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand."
Great Grandmother Harris
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You don't want to talk about conspicuous consumption, you want to make an excuse for it. But whatever, do what you want.
Now, let me ask a question. For what reason is there to drive a big ass Lincoln Navigator?
It's not safety.
It's not fuel economy.
It's not even because you have alot of kids (that is of course unless the ASSES of all of these kids are morbidly obese...then I suppose you would NEED an SUV to drive said butts around)
It's style. There is no good reason other to have an SUV.
Even the name is a misnomer Sport Utility Vehicle. It's built low to the ground. Please tell me of one person you know who goes "off-roading" in a Lincoln Navigator. There's not much utility too it...you aren't going to honor that request from your neighbors second cousin to help him haul wood with your Navigator (and mess up the leather seats???).
Driving a Lamborghini or Ferrari is no different.
It's OK to admit that you are conspicuously consuming. I don't care just be honest about it.
About the Prius...is it conspicuous? Not really, a person might look downright frugal for wanting to save money on gas. Yes some Prius drivers tend to want to tell everyone how much they are working to save gas etc...etc.
What's next we all going to be driving OchoCinco trucks?
DMG
I see your point on SUVs.
But did you know that the Prius retails for 30gs +?
That's pretty expensive for a tiny car, even if it is eco-friendly. Plus, you could argue that the Prius is the same sort of status marker as the Navigator, just for a different crowd.
The way I understand the conspicuous consumption label it's not so much about how much you consume, more about why you're consuming it. Are you using material goods to increase your profile and status? By, that definition, both the Navigator and Prius are evidence of conspicuous consumption and it's hard to determine which one is a greater display.
That's my take at least.
A tank in Afghanistan.
Neither.
As long as someone can afford their vihicle and it suits their needs - buy what you like.
In the city a Prius might be better to find parking, manage gas usage or just feel good that "you are doing your part".
The Gator is better for long drives on the highway or through bad parts of town.
Either would be a good choice.
I bought the wife an SUV because I wanted her and my babies to be safe. LA has millions of cars and a large percentage are driven by non-drivin'-ass immigrants, so I want my wife's car to "win" if there is an accident (knock on wood). I drive a smaller, old, beat up car (as DV can attest because he used to tease me)
"(as DV can attest because he used to tease me)" IWAW
Nah Cuz. Don't get it twisted.
Aint nobody tease you for driving an older car.
You asked me how could I be a "Revolutionary" in a new Benz.
I asked you what was "Revolutionary" about an old BMW.
You introduced that shit. Not moi.
Just Rationalized Hating.
It's an epidemic.
Someone needs to define conspicuous consumption before the question of the post can be answered.
The way I understand the conspicuous consumption label it's not so much about how much you consume, more about why you're consuming it.
By Big Man's definition, there probably ain't a dime's bit of difference between the purchaser of either of these vehicles. Each is trying to make a point.
I Wonder,
Actually in crashes, the SUV's aren't better. The injury pattern can in some ways be more severe. I colleague of mine gave an interesting lecture on this very topic. I'll email him to see if he published it and send it. I was actually kind of surprised at the results.
Someone needs to define conspicuous consumption before the question of the post can be answered.
Thorsten Veblen coined the term.
Why not just read his book?
"Why not just read his book?"
Why not just define "conspicuous"?
Why not just define "consumption"?
That should give you a pretty good understanding of "conspicuous consumption".
Ask a SciFi Negro what time it is and they post a link to 'how to build a clock'.
Now.
What is more conspicuous consumption than obesity?
lol,
Larooshifer scurred to look in the mirror and acknowledge he's damn near a poster child for conspicuous consumption.
^^
Well ... shiiiit. LOL
Conspicuous Consumption must be the thing to be.
It's kept me from growing titties.
but it hasn't kept you from becoming a nipple-head...,....,
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