malandric

That is sad to read. I didn't even think the TPP granted such power.

ximian

this shit is unbelievable!

odplocki

I'm going to set up a thought experiment.

You take two people. One experienced with the ways of analyzing political and economic stuff, the other a functional tin foil conspiracy theorist. Make them watch the news and make predictions on future events. Give them points on the basis of their performance. Who do you think would win. I mean the sad part is that "they're all in on it" is the best way to understand these things happening, and that makes me a very pessimistic man.

Note: The best analyst would be the first guy but given the luxury of treating every politician like a sociopathic criminal.

Dysnomia

Sounds more like a game show.

klauskinski

how do we pitch it so that we get money to produce it instead of "them" (or is it "they?") stealing our idea and doing it themselves?

knx2

We as Americans need to get together and make our voices heard.

ximian

much as I hate to admit,reddit may have been an unintentional casualty for the sake of TPP CISA etc. remember reddit successfully drove a lot of people to protest against it the last time. so the 3 letter orgs mumbled some 4 letter words and got to business.

FriedrichNietzsche

"""Free trade""" means anti-democracy

crusade

Exactly, the only purpose of free trade is to outsource first world manufacturing to slave states. Tariffs existed for a reason.

pray_the_gay_away

This country is just too big to be accountable. They can literally pass anything these days, regardless of any and all opposition. They are bypassing constitutional checks and balances for fucks sake by giving the president authority to sign it without even looking at its contents. On a federal level, this nation doesn't resemble a democracy at all. It looks more like the ECB tell Greece and Portugal to suck a dick. I think this government is wayyyy past salvageable. Time to scrap it and start fresh.

KingMortales

Problem is, an armed populace has got nothing on drones, attack choppers, tanks, and artillery. And even without those things, if it was just guns vs. guns, there's training and body armor on the side of the military. Now even if somehow all equipment and logistics were even, we're all fat. 2/3s of the populace are not fit for combat. The only way a rebellion could happen is if the military turned on the government too, and I don't see that happening too easy.

Dysnomia

Bullshit. We've got friends in the brass of every military of the galaxy. The playing field is obscenely unfavorable to TPTB that's why they're trying hand over fist to start WWIII. But we ain't falling for that ruse again.

Their remaining days are few in number. Just sit back and enjoy the ride. That is, unless you're driving.

KingMortales

Well being a young fit man, I don't see any war going well for me.

Dysnomia

I feel you. It's definitely a possibility. We need to wrest control back from the corporate media and raise the levels of societal exposure to the truth.

So long as the propaganda and distractions flood the airwaves the majority will remain blind to the facts of what they are and what they could be.

heretolearn

guerilla warfare is an apropos technique.

pray_the_gay_away

This is unfortunately a very good point. 1 way to get the military to defect would be to stop paying them. I suppose complete & utter economic collapse is our best hope for the phoenix of liberty to rise from the flames.

KingMortales

I really wish I was wrong about it, but this is something that's been weighing on my a lot lately.