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Originally posted by theRhenn
ok... So, lets say you only have 500 million.
Lets say, the plague destroys that 500 million.. any big plague. So then you're left with an unpopulated planet.
btw, I dont agree with the guidestones or anyone else that wants to muck around with world populations. Nature/God/other will take care of it's own, I'm sure. Stop messing with things that we know nothing about and I think we'll get along just fine.
The problem isnt world population, it's world idiocy. We poison and or destroy everything in sight. If we can get passed this, we should do just fine. Overpopulation is a crock when you can fit every living person in one state with plenty of room to move around. So how exactly are we overpopulated again?
As far as the rest of those.. just as ignorant.
My humble opinion.
Originally posted by ALOSTSOUL
So I was recently reading an article about the Georgia Guide stones, the article was bashing them saying that they are part of the satanic NWO etc etc. But I find myself in agreement with all but the first "rules" the stones set.
Anyone else feel the same?
1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely -- improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion -- faith -- tradition -- and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth -- beauty -- love -- seeking harmony with the infinite.
10. Be not a cancer on the earth -- Leave room for nature -- Leave room for nature.
ALS
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Originally posted by jeepers1958
reply to post by InspirationEverywhere
You sound like a well-meaning person, but you are stuck in the current global societal dilemma. Greed is not a symptom of society it is a trait of the animal we are. Until we change, and how I do not know, we will continue to relate to the world and each other the same way we have for millenia through barbarism, fear and manipulation.
I am sorry. It is not my intention to sound so bleak. Honestly look back at history, same problems same responses same results. It is the way we are for now, but I still hope.
Originally posted by ALOSTSOUL
So I was recently reading an article about the Georgia Guide stones, the article was bashing them saying that they are part of the satanic NWO etc etc. But I find myself in agreement with all but the first "rules" the stones set.
Anyone else feel the same?
Originally posted by liquidsmoke206
reply to post by artistpoet
you just don't get it....the stones are GUIDE LINES for a, hate to use the term, but a utopian society that lives within entirely new cultural norms. Under these circumstances depopulation would be voluntary, as painless as possible, and it would simply be understood that it serves the greater good. If it was aimed at only at world governors why would they build it in the middle of a field?
Originally posted by liquidsmoke206
reply to post by artistpoet
you just don't get it....the stones are GUIDE LINES for a, hate to use the term, but a utopian society that lives within entirely new cultural norms. Under these circumstances depopulation would be voluntary, as painless as possible, and it would simply be understood that it serves the greater good. If it was aimed at only at world governors why would they build it in the middle of a field?
Originally posted by NonC0nf0rmist
I agree for the most part on all except of course 500million.
This world can handle many more times then what we have populated on this Earth already, just people are misinformed.
There are plenty of resources on this Earth.
1.) Oil? - makes just about everything we consume today including but not limited to fuels, lubricants, plastics, make-ups, etc... the Black Gold we harvest now is only because it is a limited resource that very few have control over. You allow Hemp to be legalized and now you have a renewable fuel, lubricant, plastic, textile resource, not to mention a natural pain reliever for medicinal purposes. Not to mention jobs for all the farmers who are paid not to grow anything on their land because of surplus. Would also kill many of the illegal crime that deals with Marijuana and the war on drugs. America has about a 800prisoners per 100k people ratio, we lead the world for incarcerations, imagine that, land of the free.
2.) Food? - Why are people going hungry? It is simply because people in power want it that way. When we contribute to charities for food drives,etc... Most of the proceeds never make it to the people in need. Alot of the money it taken off the top by many established people who have their hands in on the till. The food is taken by warlords, or the local governemnt officials and handed to their friends, families and people they owe favors to. Just look into what happened to the Haiti, Japan, African aid over the years.
3.) Land? - Plenty of land on this Earth for everyone living now and a even plenty for future generations. We can house the entire current world population in Texas alone.
I am not for a 1 world governemnt anytime soon, it will be too chaotic and dangerous.
I am all for personal liberties and rights, but there needs to be some form of governing body or it will be nothing less then the wild west. You need people in power, but these people should be limited in number of terms and should be expected to return to the common work force(like our forefathers expected) and not get jobs with corporations/lobbyists after their terms for passing certain legislation that helped the agenda of said corporations/lobbyists.
I am not religious, but by no means should any religious doctrine be forced to succumb to laws/rules by a governing body that contradicts their beliefs as long as their beliefs are not hindering the safety of any person or community.
There should be no lobbying by any outside country to influence another countries elecetions(example: Israel Lobby on K Street, US influence in many countries).
People need to take personal responsability for their actions and not expect handouts from a governing body for their poor choices made. Just because someone wants to sit home and do drugs does not entitle them to Wellfare or exempt them from drug testing(though assuming Marijuana is legal) for abuse, while people who work and pay the taxes are expected to take such tests randomly. If someone wants to collect wellfare they should have to do mandatory community service(clean parks, roads, community tour guide, telecom operator, vote collector, distribution of food/clothing for goodwill/salvation army, meals on wheels, etc...) to compensate the strain they put on the community around them.
Those with disabilities that keep them from working are exempt of course, from the mandatory community service as long as they are not using illicit drugs.
We need to tax imports and credit exports to drive up the infrastructure of our manufacturing that has been falling the last few decades.
We need to hold accountable the number crafty folks on Wall Street who drove the derivative market to a point where the world is possibly going to go bankrupt, and place a means to keep it from ever happening again. We need to make insider trading illegal for governemnt officials while we are at it.
Dam so many things to do, but where to start. That is the question. People just need to wake up and see the whole picture and react.
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Which brings me to the Georgia Guide stones, and the 80 percent population reduction idea, and I realised that this is actually a very good thing, because all those undesirables are obviously the ones they are talking about. They are the ones that need governance or removal to allow the thinking, responsible ones such as ourselves to regain our freedom from imposed tyranny.
So while these people are still out there, we will have to deal with the government fictions imposing their policy upon us, because they can't tell the sheep from the shepherds. As I said before, you can have your Kindom, but it doesn't mean that the pirates dissapear.