<lungfish> for the sake of humanity apathy and laziness must be abandoned as 'virtues' <Shii> although i think that is a mean characterization there is a monk in thailand who is proposing that. he wants buddhists involved in politics, to preserve good practices. it's also what happened in sri lanka in 1900, sort of <lungfish> they should be this is the real world you dont play by its rules you end up like tibdet tibet* <Shii> or burma. what i wonder is, bad kings have existed from the beginning of time, why is it that they are so much more of a problem now <lungfish> "all that is needed for evil to triumph is the inaction of good men" <Shii> it seems they can ruin normal people's lives much more easily maybe there is more political power appearing everywhere and more areas for control <lungfish> they arent more of a problem now. things are in fact way better than they used to be and keep getting better every decade <Shii> tibet and burma seem to point otherwise <lungfish> it's only a misunderstanding of history that makes people think otherwise the taking over of unarmed countries is also as old as time <Shii> tibet was ruled by china before but they pretty much let it alone as long as they paid up <lungfish> a lot of them just arent in your history books. <Shii> now, control also means micromanagement. no more monks giving speeches, no more blogging it's all monitored by CCTV <lungfish> maybe in england china cant afford dat shit <Shii> but you see in general people now have the ability to control other people more than other before
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