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Starry Gordon's avatar

If I said that I thought the profusion and threats of nuclear weapon were bad, people wouldn't look at me as if I were crazy, they'd agree with me. Then they would say, "Yeah, but what are we gonna do about it?" That's the problem.

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Patrick Powers's avatar

Cut military spending.

Reinstate the five arms control agreements that the USA pulled out of.

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Starry Gordon's avatar

These seems like worthy goals. What methods would you recommend to achieve them?

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Patrick Powers's avatar

Noam Chomsky said, "Uneducated impoverished Haitians know what to do about their political situation and are effective. You too know what to do."

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Starry Gordon's avatar

Nevertheless I find Dr. Chomsky's advice obscure, perhaps through not being a properly uneducated impoverished Haitian. Can you stand in for Dr. Chomsky and enlighten me as to some of the specific details?

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Patrick Powers's avatar

Whenever I make specific proposals the response is always "I can't do that because of such and such" and/or "that never works." I say forget about such and such and just do whatever you feel like doing (within the law) towards that goal. You are the world expert on your situation and abilities. I would not presume to advise you on their usage.

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Starry Gordon's avatar

I've pretty much come to that conclusion myself, but I'm open to any new ideas (or disused old ones) any one may have. We need to subvert the global war-work machine, and subversion can come in many forms.

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