Good morning, here's my further opinion, not that anyone is asking.
First, let me say I'm not an Anarchist, mainly because I think at this stage of Human evolution, we are not far enough along to exist without gov't. Don't get me wrong, I think many people are ready, but realistically, what I see day-to-day, the majority could not handle it.
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Isn't a less extreme government more likely to maintain it's existence? I mean a government needs to be absurdly extreme, kind of like a fox news of government, just to get people to say...yeah we need to change this government or we need to end this government. If this is the case then it seems it would be better in the long run to vote for republicans (as they are more likely to provoke a revolution) and better in the short run to vote for the democrats (because they will cause less destruction). Thus it seems to me that it is very hard to say which is actually the better party.
In my opinion, we need the less destructive gov't. right now. The world will not remain unipolar forever. One day, probably sooner than many think, the US of A will have competition. The days of us being in control are numbered. At that point we might see justice in places like Palestine, etc.
Writing this, one runs the chance of being misunderstood. I am not against the USA, I simply see us as self-destructive. Anarchism wont come overnight with a revolution, it will be stages of change (I admit I have not studied Anarchism in depth). I think we are so far from it now, it isn't reasonable to talk about a single leap.
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it seems it would be better in the long run to vote for republicans (as they are more likely to provoke a revolution)
I see the Republican party as America's 1st religious party. This course may well lead to a viable 3rd party. This is good news, as the root of our problems is the 2 party system.
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I disagree I think the best we can do would be to vote for Nader - at least for free software sensibilities... he has after all advocated for free software... you know, since the 90s!
Voting based on a single issue is ridiculous, even if it is as important as free software. The fact is we are stuck here, it isn't going to change overnight, and the bulk of the population isn't inclined towards revolution.
The sad reality is that most Americans are oblivious to the state we are in. I live in the Mid-West. I can tell you that a large portion of the population here cares about very insignificant things, like how much hunting is allowed. They don't know where the Middle East is, and they don't care (except that it is where god put our oil).
It is urgent that we prevent another religious fundamentalist from living in the White House. The stakes are quite high. McCain as President, coming from the religious party, would be a serious threat to world peace.