dagblog - Comments for "On The French Revolution and why we keep on fighting the same battles...." http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/french-revolution-and-why-we-keep-fighting-same-battles-13746 Comments for "On The French Revolution and why we keep on fighting the same battles...." en This is why I have been http://dagblog.com/comment/154101#comment-154101 <a id="comment-154101"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/154096#comment-154096">Chris, This is very</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This is why I have been advocating for more of the community based approach than that of large government top down approach to a society.</p> <p>I will make no bones about it. I feel that in the long run a large number of smaller autonomous regions would be a much better situation.  </p> <p>The (almost certain) break up of the EU being one.</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Mon, 14 May 2012 19:38:07 +0000 cmaukonen comment 154101 at http://dagblog.com Chris, This is very http://dagblog.com/comment/154096#comment-154096 <a id="comment-154096"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/french-revolution-and-why-we-keep-fighting-same-battles-13746">On The French Revolution and why we keep on fighting the same battles....</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Chris,</p> <p>This is very interesting.  The Mason site has many interesting reference materials and I am going to peruse them, hopefully gaining some new knowledge about the issues cited.</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Where those that become increasingly disenfranchised no longer respect or give legitimacy to the system and the the system collapses.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>The above will always be the reality, since it is impossible to obtain a system that delivers equal benefits to all segments of society (there will, as ever, be those who will attempt to skew whatever is in place to better serve their own personal agendas).  There will forever be bully brigades and those who look to others, as in anyone else, to stand up and solve the problems while they resort to their comas of apathy and/or critique without ever doing what's really needed to replace negative status quo with positive improvements.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 14 May 2012 16:08:29 +0000 Aunt Sam comment 154096 at http://dagblog.com It actually has little - if http://dagblog.com/comment/154095#comment-154095 <a id="comment-154095"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/154084#comment-154084">I think that someone beat you</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>It actually has little - if anything - to do with my theory. Just my impressions and the information contained was very interesting as well.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 14 May 2012 15:51:20 +0000 cmaukonen comment 154095 at http://dagblog.com I think that someone beat you http://dagblog.com/comment/154084#comment-154084 <a id="comment-154084"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/french-revolution-and-why-we-keep-fighting-same-battles-13746">On The French Revolution and why we keep on fighting the same battles....</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I think that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialism">someone</a> beat you to your theory.</p> <p>But even Marx believed that the historical evolution of class conflict represented progress.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 14 May 2012 06:17:52 +0000 Michael Wolraich comment 154084 at http://dagblog.com