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[–] mamwad 4 points -2 points 2 points (+2|-4) ago
Soros has proven to be exceptionally good at speculating. The reason he has so much influence is because we as a society think it is perfectly reasonable to turn our financial sector into the world's biggest casino. And right wingers often fail to see that systemic issue, instead focusing on Soros' progressive politics and treating him like some evil NWO boogie man. Meanwhile, other oligarchs equal or greater in power are destroying our environment and enslaving the third world.
Our entire economy is based on the idea that money buys welfare. Welcome to the real world.
[–] toobaditworks 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Pretending the New World Order is fake.
[–] mamwad ago (edited ago)
My point is that it isn't some secret cabalistic conspiracy. The political climate has been adapting to circumstance. The world is getting smaller thanks to technology. New problems have arisen that require transnational actions. We shouldn't be surprised or worried that it is happening. We should instead be worried about how it will play out. We should be planning how to ensure that this new global society does not infringe upon the rights and liberties of individuals and communities. Trying to "go back" to how things were is pretty senseless. You're just going to be dragged kicking and screaming into the future, and you're going to end up having no say in how the future turns out. It seems much better to actively try to bring about a future that both accepts the inevitability of universal society while fighting the centralization of power into the hands of a global oligarchy.
[–] hamans_revenge 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
national socialism solves all of that
[–] mamwad 4 points -4 points 0 points (+0|-4) ago (edited ago)
While causing a whole bunch of problems of its own. For example, the National Socialism is anti-free speech. Also, nationalism cannot address global issues like climate change, which are very real.
The truth is that people cannot exist as isolated groups anymore. International travel and digital communication have made some form of globalism inevitable. The key is to decentralize power and ensure that global society benefits humanity as opposed to corporations.
Nation states are going the way of city states one way or the other.