Egypt, Twitter, and the Collapse of Top-Heavy Societies

[Michael F]

Our "common needs"?  American Idol on 7 nights a week?  Botox and
gastrobypass paid for by the people?  I'm sure I'm missing a few...  I
loathe the fact that "we" want gov't to respond to our needs.  I work
with "the masses" out here in CA and I see daily what the people view
as "needs", and to have anyone respond to those needs is a disturbing
thought.

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, my point exactly. Except for the evening out bit. As long as we
> are busy fighting each other we will never unite to make government
> respond to our common needs.
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Humberto Torofuerte
> <strongbool at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I may just be speaking from my own bias as a vato from LA...but I'm
>> pretty sure that in human history televised team sports have caused
>> about as many riots as they've prevented.  So it pretty much evens
>> out.
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> um. Really? All the money is at the top, but the weight, steam and
>>> impetus of all societies comes from the bottom. People go where the
>>> food is, and only with a full belly will a soul cast a longing gaze at
>>> the wispy summits where the glamor flashes. That has only begun to
>>> change with advent of television, really, by the worship of which
>>> every impoverished soul learned how delightful, sexy, and intriguing
>>> the "lives" in "Dallas" and "Santa Barbara" are. What's happening in
>>> Egypt is that too many bellies are lean, so television hasn't the
>>> power to distract them.
>>>
>>> And, in honor of Super Bowl Sunday, I have to throw in my two bits
>>> about team sports. How many fights will break out between Americans
>>> today over who's better--the Steelers or the Packers? How many
>>> arguments will erupt in normally sedated barrooms? How is it that team
>>> sports do so much to divide the people against one another? If
>>> Americans were less distracted by so many divisions, I wonder how long
>>> it would take to fill the streets with the disaffected many.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Michael F <mff8785 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> This stuff kills me...  Every society ever has always been "top
>>>> heavy".  They always will be.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> http://unbridledspeculation.com/2011/02/05/egypt-twitter-and-the-collapse-of-top-heavy-societies/
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Christine K.!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Klaatu barada nikto
>>>
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