04-25-2018, 11:11 AM
(04-25-2018, 09:37 AM)David Horn Wrote:(04-24-2018, 05:45 PM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote: ... Speaking of the past, here's a article. It makes sense for us that were "there", but lots of lessons have been forgotten.
My one run-in with the FBI involved my knowledge of Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn (for the record, I had none). My problem with them, and most other hype-zealots, is their intense focus on one aspect of a problem to the total exclusion of everything else. Yes, the US has a lot of really bead actions to account form but, on balance, the world in general is even worse. Fixing the US, if that's even possible, needs to account for that too.
Hype-zealots: I'm thinking of antifa here. I'm betting the long term fate of antifa is pretty much the same as for Weather Underground. Antifa plays into neo-nazis by assuring the neo-nazis press play. Antifa also alienates more moderate folks as well.
Black lives matter has a few problems as well. The call for reparations will go nowhere without making a huge mess of things. One only has to look at Zimbabwe and now South Africa as well. Of course, racism should be addressed not only for fairness, but social stability. The war on drugs needs to stop, just blowing off poor folks of all races needs to stop, etc. Environmental justice is also a good idea. It's insane that we're not nation building here. Isn't that a "national security interest" ?. It should be. Fix places like New Orleans and Flint first. There are lots of poor folk stuck in polluted neighborhoods because they don't matter, but the largest tax payer is the local oil refinery. Local government won't do squat when that happens. East Houston has lots of folks getting poisoned by benzene emissions.
... What was old , is new again. It's getting so weird. We have Trump, but I haven't heard anyone do a retrospective of the 2T and how it relates to what's going down now. The big picture is lacking.
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