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I mean they've had plenty of chances to assume power,and example would be the Great Depression. People were so distraught and desperate they would've gone for ANYTHING. I'm not denying that maybe big business and corporations have a little more influence than we realize, but to go as far as saying that ultra rich super societies are one day going to take over the world is a bit foolish in my opinion.

I'm not referring to New World Order as some secret society taking over the world. I'm talking about one world wide government, rather than 100's of governments across the world. The Great Depression has nothing to do with this.

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personally I think the party system in Amercia is dumb people here in the U.S think there are only Democrats and Republicans...and they basicly brainwashed everyone into thinking that.

There's been a two-party system in America since its inception, they've just gone under different names. When the constitution was being written, there was a huge debate about whether government should have much oversight into the lives of people and that debate still goes on today; it's not as much "brainwashing" as it is "generational conditioning", in my opinion.

I would love to see a third party come up and change things, like the Green Party, but I don't ever see that happening.

Personally, I root for the Green Party, but I usually end up going for Democrats because, let's face it, the Green Party gets hardly enough press coverage and, like most grassroots parties, have a fringe following. I guess I'm left of center as far as political followings and ideals go. It's familiar territory for me. I won't go into detail as to why that is (I'm considering making another politics thread, but I don't know if that'll fly without some big flame war or argument coming up).

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Did you hear about the 7 corporate fat cats that "gamble" with our tax money with no consequences for themselves, and a lot to gain? Yeah think about that one. These 7 douche bags in ties created this whole fucking economic mess because they wanted to make a few billion more dollars by buying and selling stocks with our taxes. If I was in the same room as those seven, well, they wouldn't be breathing anymore, let's put it that way.

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The casualties and damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami is in no way comparable to the atomic bombs that dropped during WWII. The earthquake has caused, at most, around 20,000 deaths and destroyed towns. The atomic bombs caused a total of around 240,000 and destroyed two major cities. Not to mention that the firebombing campaign carried out by the US destroyed at least have of every Japanese city and caused upwards of 400,000 additional casualties. The recent earthquake, although terrible and disastrous, in no way is as bad as Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Also, a volatile economy is not a good thing.

Yes, I do believe that they will rebuild and persevere.

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Better not call a scorpion "trash" or you will die to regret it.

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1) Being mentally retarded and not knowing it because the disease affects my perception. I think about this on a regular basis.