catechumen

Yeah, I was a fool, which is bad enough but then I got snotty with you; I apologize. I'm fairly annoyed that they opted to remove that seal from the picture, it made me think they were trying to clear up misconceptions. Normally I'd like to delete the post so it's not around to mislead people further, but I think that should be your choice. You deserve proof that I can be an idiot, if you want it.

catechumen

Dear lord, I'm tired of googling for you. Believe what ever you would like.

zx1

The enemy of those who fear being found out for who they are. One gains power over others not just for the greed of riches and the delusional belief that one is better than everyone else, but to also cover your tracks against the little man who "doesn't deserve to know" how corrupted and perverted you are. True leadership is not defined by money, but is earned over time.

catechumen

you mean this one . incredibly lazy. Were all of the articles that day fake? Doesn't look like it, so why was this one singled out?

Was the journalist following up or just espousing an opinion? Everyone seems to have one of those but they are not all equal.

catechumen

Yes, I am aware people are calling it an April Fools joke. The website has not and the main 'proof' was obviously removed.

catechumen

You know I'm still not sure, there has been no edit stating it was a joke. It cuts very close to previously known realities as well, such as facebook experimenting on its users and the UK using information from twitter and facebook to track and control protests.

"The giveaway that it was an April Fool's joke was the famous NSA smiley face on page 4 of the fake PowerPoint."

Which has been very obviously removed.

catechumen

You never kill a spy or a mole, you feed them misinformation.

Freakazoid

Life is infinitely better without Facebook.

catechumen

hahaha, yeah I had found a better one but it only translated half the page at a time, if you have any suggestions I'm open to them. It's in german and I'd still like to archive it.

biopticstream

Sad thing is, there is probably worse going on than we've seen already. But at this point I think only the ignorant would have complete faith in our government.

Freakazoid

The 2016 lineup doesn't look any better than the 2012 lineup.

biopticstream

I agree. The problem is that people seem complacent to have a two party system. Each time one side is elected, nobody likes them and they become convinced the other party will fix things. It happens every time. I wonder when or if enough people will realize neither Democrat or Republicans can or will fix anything, andd we need a new party to join the mix.

Erudite_Scholar

So the majority of the populace then?

biopticstream

Sadly, yes. It's mainly a flaw of the educational system in my opinion. It is so focused on stupid meaningless test scores to secure funding that students don't get taught the important things in life such as actual reading comprehension, and how to critically analyze writing/ speech.

BigGuy4U

that's kind of the point. The education system is to teach respect for authority and following the rules.

taxation_is_slavery

As does Reddit, for their own good. Nip that shit in the bud and you won't have to disappear the movement leaders.