09-09-2016, 03:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-09-2016, 04:04 PM by APeacefulWarrior.)
OK, I rarely pull this particular rhetorical stunt, but I'm a bit incredulous that you said THIS:
...and yet wrapped up with:
So I'm just going to ask... Why exactly did you believe these people when they told you they were from incredibly powerful families that control the world? Why was this not one of the things you questioned so that you would not be easily led?
Because I would have a hard time believing they had no ulterior motives for telling you these things.
Besides which... even then, the amount of power those at the very top have over those at the lower levels is limited at best. Sure, I have no doubt there are families who get to do things like influence which banks are lending to which governments and games like that. But at the ground level, this is all largely abstract stuff that has very little direct impact on day-to-day commonplace life. At least, not unless a person believes those families have huge power over them, at which point the amount of power they gain is exactly the amount of power that person gives up via their fear.
(09-09-2016, 03:22 PM)Glow Wrote: I think we likely are all to react in a different way. I've know some people through my business that are "old blood lines" they have confirmed a lot of the control those few families have.
...and yet wrapped up with:
Quote:Not sure fear mongering is ideal but at least people will start questioning things, maybe be less easily led. That seems ok to me.
So I'm just going to ask... Why exactly did you believe these people when they told you they were from incredibly powerful families that control the world? Why was this not one of the things you questioned so that you would not be easily led?
Because I would have a hard time believing they had no ulterior motives for telling you these things.
Besides which... even then, the amount of power those at the very top have over those at the lower levels is limited at best. Sure, I have no doubt there are families who get to do things like influence which banks are lending to which governments and games like that. But at the ground level, this is all largely abstract stuff that has very little direct impact on day-to-day commonplace life. At least, not unless a person believes those families have huge power over them, at which point the amount of power they gain is exactly the amount of power that person gives up via their fear.