Minimum Security by Stephanie McMillan

Minimum Security

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  1. mrbribery

    mrbribery said, 6 months ago

    all revolutions devour their own…

  2. Radish

    Radish said, 6 months ago

    Pot in every chicken.

  3. Ms. Ima

    Ms. Ima said, 6 months ago

    Ahhh… the expendable person who helped with the revolution. The bullet catcher. The one who has nothing and has been promised free stuff. While the last ‘revolutionary’ left breathing and more than one bullet in his gun gets to run the country. Forget about any more elections, they are just a waste of time and money. A real leader stays in power for the rest of his life then passes the burnt-out torch to his offspring. That’s how the world should be run. Machine gun executions minutes after being found guilty of opposing opinions. Living off the riches of people that were successful. That’s the revolutionary way.

  4. Stephanie McMillan

    Stephanie McMillan said, 6 months ago

    What do you want?

    We are trained not to look for answers to this question outside the narrow range of choices offered to us by those who run the system. Better still if we don’t even ask it at all.

    But if we are to change anything, especially in a fundamental way, we need to know precisely what we want, and we need to articulate it, and we need to fight for it. We need to begin by asking this question of everyone: what do you want? What do we want? What kind of future is embedded in our actions—or in our lack of action—today?

    Visualize it. “The Secret” aside, visualization won’t make the universe arrive on bended knee to satisfy our every wish, but it does help clarify our direction and focus our intent.

    First we have to determine our goals. Only then we can draw a map from here to there. Part of that task is to clearly pinpoint where “here” is: what the concrete nature of our situation is, the obstructions that lie in our way, and how to identify openings through which we can proceed. In general, obstacles and opportunities won’t materialize except as we move through them. Still, no good warrior goes into battle without a goal and at least a basic plan, even if it will inevitably be revised or even abandoned.

    I know what I want: a classless and sustainable society. What do you want?

  5. Radish

    Radish said, 6 months ago

    Whats so funny about peace, love and understanding.

  6. joe waskiewicz

    joe waskiewicz said, 6 months ago

    Nice one Steph, the usual problem will winning a revolution. The winners turn on each other to make their own situation better. Great example being Animal Farm by George Orwell.

  7. Night-Gaunt49

    Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago

    Right now the fascist Plutocrats are revolting against us by undermining our govt. They are winning. The only thing that frightens them are all of us.

  8. Ms. Ima

    Ms. Ima said, 6 months ago

    @Stephanie McMillan

    I want love, happiness, health for myself and my family. I want people to be able to rise to their abilities. I want no one to kill anyone else for political or religious reasons. I want to evolve, not revolt. That’s what I want.

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