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[–]Druullus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

...or we already have to many heroes/do-gooders/megalomaniacs.

[–]HibikiBlackCaudillo[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Not nearly enough do-gooder-megalomaniacs.

[–]Druullus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

What is a do-gooder-megalomaniacs?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

A unicorn

[–]Druullus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You're saying one can't be a do-gooder and a megalomaniac?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes. Do you disagree?

[–]Druullus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, they're synonyms!

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's one of those things where the people who want to do it are the very people who need to be banned.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The problem with getting into positions of power, aside from the fact that you are competing against established players who install their own puppets, is that you need to have a secured form of outside funding and security. No one with the intelligence to succeed at the task is dumb enough to risk it all for an attempt.

I can imagine a few scenarios where a group might get together and start to achieve some success, but with the entire social media establishment subverting any grass roots operation nearly all of them are killed in the womb.

Any small organization that is able to form, with competent and motivated people, would almost certainly be able to get more success simply focusing on their own financial gains.

It seems that the only likely scenario that could lead to the unseating of subversive forces from positions of power is to have a critical mass of people who are smoldering under the collar but not revealing their feelings, and an event that can be used to spark a small revolution is seized upon by the right person at the right time.

To that effect I think the best thing to do is keep feeding red pills to the masses, and grow the fire. It may not seem like anything gets done, but it is setting the stage for that possibility. Every small beachhead, like free speech oasis, that spit in the eye of the oligarchs is worth far more than can be measured.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the object of power is power