[chrisser]

Knowing that when push comes to shove we will be pitted against each other saddens me incredibly much

The thing is, we're already there. Maybe the shooting hasn't started yet, but they're perfectly content using the government to forcibly take from me and give to someone else who they deem to be more deserving.

"Fairness" came up over and over, but nobody could define exactly what that meant.

[combat_boots]

I’m sorry. My SIL is an 0bot.

She stayed away from politics. She knows we live in different countries now.

As for those who think differently enough to not understand, they only WILL understand when the chit is at their doors. It’s on their shoulders now, not ours. We can fade into the background, for as long as we can.

Last year, I worked on a project with an outright Marxist. He tried to convince me of the righteousness of his ways. In reality, he’s a rather singular anarchist who enjoys his independence and is caught in eternal teenage rebellion. Fortunately, his wife has earned money steadily, so he’s OK.

That’s how I see many of the koolaiders: caught in terminal adolescent rebellion. Someday, you get brought up hard by something. Their days will come.

[Steve Newton]

In my opinion we are already in a “cold” civil war.