I think holding people accountable to their actions will solve a lot of problems. Putting only qualified individuals in positions of responsibility will solve a lot of problems.
Who determines the criteria for being considered "qualified?"
That's the fundamental problem. It's a process that can not but be corrupted.
I think holding people accountable to their actions will solve a lot of problems. Putting only qualified individuals in positions of responsibility will solve a lot of problems.
Who determines the criteria for being considered "qualified?"
That's the fundamental problem. It's a process that can not but be corrupted.
Yes. How with internet do we fix this?
You probably can't. There's a first-mover problem.
I dunno... There is a difference between patriotism and nationalism. To use an oversimplified example (which, admittedly, I often use), patriotism is cheering for your country at the Olympics. Nationalism is bombing the country that beat your country at the Olympics.
Patriotism is more about loving your country, and a true patriot would see what's wrong with his/her country and do what they can to fix it. Nationalism is more the "my country, right or wrong" scenario.
People are inherently tribal creatures, however. The general historic tendency has been those "tribes" getting bigger and more inclusive. What began as bands of close blood relations eventually begat nomadic tribes which eventually begat villages which eventually begat nation states. Nation states are possibly an inevitable and required path to eventually reach an ideal where the entire planet is one homogenous society (althogh if alien life exists, then the entire Earth may be the "tribe" against the alien "other"). At that point, perhaps the purpose of national pride would be akin to rooting for your favorite sports team.
Part of the problem is that those in law enforcement and government think we have a power pyramid where they sit above the people. They do not understand that we have a power circle where those at the top are accountable to those at the bottom.
Part of the problem is that those in law enforcement and government think we have a power pyramid where they sit above the people. They do not understand that we have a power circle where those at the top are accountable to those at the bottom.
Mostly because those at the bottom very rarely take them to task for their bullshit.
Or when they do take them to task they get attacked by friends of those higher up the pyramid.
Any attack on a politician that can be framed as political will be reframed as such and the attack will be countered in a way to make the original nonpolitical attack into a political attack.
Attacks on law enforcement will cause the blue shield to be invoked and those involved will be denigrated as malcontents and rabble rousers.
It is very rare for an incident to not be converted into something that can be easily dismissed.
Part of the problem is that those in law enforcement and government think we have a power pyramid where they sit above the people. They do not understand that we have a power circle where those at the top are accountable to those at the bottom.
Part of the problem is that those in law enforcement and government think we have a power pyramid where they sit above the people. They do not understand that we have a power circle where those at the top are accountable to those at the bottom.
... in theory
In democracies where a freedom flag isn't waved around by citizens who are deluded into thinking they have freedoms and power.
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So yes, I feel patriotic.
Patriotism is more about loving your country, and a true patriot would see what's wrong with his/her country and do what they can to fix it. Nationalism is more the "my country, right or wrong" scenario.
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Any attack on a politician that can be framed as political will be reframed as such and the attack will be countered in a way to make the original nonpolitical attack into a political attack.
Attacks on law enforcement will cause the blue shield to be invoked and those involved will be denigrated as malcontents and rabble rousers.
It is very rare for an incident to not be converted into something that can be easily dismissed.
Otherwise, the hell?