btu2012 wrote:I know that it seems impossible given the current political environment, but the political environment will change. The same is true of the political leaders, they will change once the ineptitude of the "business as usual types" becomes apparent.
Btu
Ending business as usual comes in many flavors. Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, and Mao Tse Tung all ended business as usual. Their backers all believed the solutions to be realistic, and that the methods would promote national survival.
When people lose their things - their house, car, toys - and become frightened, they are more likely to embrace extreme methods. That's history.
As for my plans....no, I don't think I'm up to becoming a warlord. I rather doubt we'll see that scenario anytime soon. My plan is to help out the secret police in a more repressive regime. Perhaps I'll even enforce the conservation some desire - while making good use of the contraband seized.
All nice and legal, with the paperwork properly filed, of course.