The End of the World as we know it., page 2

Originally posted by InfaRedMan
reply to post by Lono1

If you are correct and these disenfranchised doomsayers are temporarily insane, then it's plain lazy to expect an event to come along and fix everything for them, instead of getting off their asses and being the change they wish to see.

Judging by the amount of actual research they put into their doom & gloom scenarios (some mad guy on YouTube) to verify their theories as scientific fact, I can only conclude again that these are lazy people. And what's worse is that trusting someone you don't know on YouTube is the intellectual equivalent of taking candy from strangers.

I can't feel sorry for these people and I'm not prepared to give them a free pass for their transgressions as you would a child. In most cases, these are adults we're speaking about. It's time for them to raise the bar, act their age, be more accountable for their words and actions (The Boy Who Cried Wolf) and be more proactive in their communities instead of wasting their lives away on fantasy scenarios online that in many cases, only succeed in scaring other weak minded people.

Get it straight people... You are not warning the world of impending doom, you are creating viral fear memes that spread negativity. Way to change the world for the better!

IRM

Well said. Most people like to sit on their butts complain about what happens but do naff all about it. I especially dislike those who say "Oh I don't vote nobody has the same views as me". That is sooooo lazy. You hav two choices : 1. vote the party/person who most closely matches your views which requires you to research what they believe!! OR 2. Spoil your vote. I don't know about the US but in the UK spoilt ballots are counted so it's good way of protesting your vote.

Now what happens if the world is wiped clean or has a new start via some catastrophe. So we want millions of dead bodies, mass suffering for what? That is just plain sick. Humans have to live together in 3 basic ways, Anarchy (nobody rules, no rule of law, chaos, the bullies rule), Dictatorship (organised anarchy really! with one big bully or group) or Democracy. For all democracies flaws it is the best of all the imperfect choices.

So having established that Democracy is the only way of fairly organising society people have to engage with it. Basically: you get what you vote for OR you get what somebdy else votes for because you can't be bothered!

Now it's no use sitting there bitching about government in the control of the few with big bucks. So what!, scroll back to the UK early in the 20th century and you had the wigs and the tories where power was in the hands of the (quite literally) elite of society. Male elite at that. Along came organised labour (trade union NOT organised crime by the way in the UK) and they create a political party , the labour party, which has now become the second force in British politics.

Irrespective of your view of the Labour party it is an example that people can organise themselves to be represented in face of adversity. So stop bitching, get organised and start a new party and engage with democratic politics. All alternates are far worse.