Careful what you wish for, kids!
Now that conspiracy theories (once so cool!) are the new suburban self-righteousness, anyone planning to rethink good vs evil, or is taking up arms with libertarians just what you've been waiting for all along? Smash the state right? Welcome to a glimpse of what that will look like, not as RPG, but fur real.
And what a coinkydink that these ideas should align so perfectly with racism and xenophobia. Screw social institutions, it's lawn vs lawn from here on out. So, end all healthcare!! Anyone remember how to make sutures out of beef jerky?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/us/politics/16teaparty.html
"Tea Party gatherings are full of people who say they would do away with the Federal Reserve, the federal income tax and countless agencies, not to mention bailouts and stimulus packages. Nor is it unusual to hear calls to eliminate Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. A remarkable number say this despite having recently lost jobs or health coverage. Some of the prescriptions they are debating — secession, tax boycotts, states “nullifying” federal laws, forming citizen militias — are outside the mainstream, too."
"Many describe emerging from their research as if reborn to a new reality. Some have gone so far as to stock up on ammunition, gold and survival food in anticipation of the worst. For others, though, transformation seems to amount to trying on a new ideological outfit — embracing the rhetoric and buying the books."
Ideas this friction-free can only mean trouble, these are fear-loving survivalists happy to excuse themselves for having elected Bush TWICE. The Republicans set this fire and seem content to sift through ashes looking for their next move.
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