From: "trans. (T. Onoma)" Date: 2004-11-03T00:38:39+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] US Presidential Election On Tuesday 02 November 2004 10:20 am, Ryco@gmx.net wrote: | > > You're only so free in this country as what will maintain | > > capitalism and the status quo. Corporate and foreign interests | > > run the country, not the "president" - and certainly not the people. | | Let's see. Foreign interest...hm... wait... that's the people in foreign | countries, right? And the corporations. Do they run themselves? No, they're | owned and run by people. Although when people act as a group it take on a life of it's own. | The main problem is that there is too few people that actually hold enough | power AND are ready to abandon some of their wealth and power. But then | again, there is too many people that don't hold any real power, but readily | give up that little power that they have to secure their small priviliges. True 'nuff | I do not claim I have a solution, but in the end, it's all about people, | and what they are willing to do to retain some of their power and freedom. Sometimes I think it's all about Death. What would we do if none of us could be killed? T.