April: when everything changes

footfootfoot · 04-03-2013, 10:32 AM

Whatever happens it will not affect the wealthy. Nuclear war, plague, pestilence, famine, they'll still be farting through silk and eating the poor.

The problem with your outrage is that your metrics for decency are irrelevant to the people in power.

Consider war. The British came to defeat the uprising in the American colonies and marched in their bright red outfits, in formation expecting a certain type of confrontation that was not forthcoming, the colonists were playing by different rules, Same thing in Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc.

It is fundamentally important to be able to think like your opponent. If you assume that your opponent thinks like you, you're in for a rude surprise.

04-03-2013, 10:32 AM	#16
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Whatever happens it will not affect the wealthy. Nuclear war, plague, pestilence, famine, they'll still be farting through silk and eating the poor. The problem with your outrage is that your metrics for decency are irrelevant to the people in power. Consider war. The British came to defeat the uprising in the American colonies and marched in their bright red outfits, in formation expecting a certain type of confrontation that was not forthcoming, the colonists were playing by different rules, Same thing in Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc. It is fundamentally important to be able to think like your opponent. If you assume that your opponent thinks like you, you're in for a rude surprise. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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