• Politics/Government

    From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to All on Mon Sep 21 21:17:58 2026
    "Politics" are a figurative part of speech, and they "exist" in a way that distracts from the rule of law.

    Sometimes people overcomplicate things, and I think the word "politics" is an example of that. It's the government and their laws that we're talking about and dealing with. We're not "political scientists" we're "government and law scientists."

    My point here is that the word "political" (and its many variations) is completely useless, and was probably invented by someone who wanted to distract from what "politics" really are (government and law.) That way they could get that DEI scholarship that they so desperately needed.

    If I were reinventing the wheel, I'd stop calling it "politics" and start calling it "Rich people trying to control poor people."

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  • From Brent Hendricks@1:135/250 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Sep 21 23:17:16 2026
    On Mon 21-Sep-2026 9:17p, Aaron Thomas@1:342/201.0 wrote:
    "Politics" are a figurative part of speech, and they "exist" in a way that distracts from the rule of law.

    I thought it was derived from POLY and TIC, mean "MANY BLOOD SUCKING CREATURES."

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Sep 22 06:54:01 2026
    Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-

    My point here is that the word "political" (and its many variations) is completely useless, and was probably invented by someone who wanted to distract from what "politics" really are (government and law.) That way they could get that DEI scholarship that they so desperately needed.

    More likely the word was invented to describe something, but the Left - who loves to change the meaning of words - warped the word "political" to mean something else.

    If I were reinventing the wheel, I'd stop calling it "politics" and
    start calling it "Rich people trying to control poor people."

    Probably closer to "Rich people using poor people to control ALL people."


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Brent Hendricks on Tue Sep 22 09:30:14 2026
    "Politics" are a figurative part of speech, and they "exist" in a way distracts from the rule of law.

    I thought it was derived from POLY and TIC, mean "MANY BLOOD SUCKING CREATURES."

    Smart. That's a good way to think of it.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Tue Sep 22 09:33:42 2026
    If I were reinventing the wheel, I'd stop calling it "politics" and start calling it "Rich people trying to control poor people."

    Probably closer to "Rich people using poor people to control ALL people."

    That's a good way to describe American politics because that's how it works here. But under dictatorships the poor people are somewhat less essential.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Wed Sep 23 07:27:14 2026
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Probably closer to "Rich people using poor people to control ALL people."

    That's a good way to describe American politics because that's how it works here. But under dictatorships the poor people are somewhat less essential.

    Which is why under communism, poor people tend to be treated as cattle and slaughtered periodically.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Wed Sep 23 18:06:18 2026
    That's a good way to describe American politics because that's how it works here. But under dictatorships the poor people are somewhat less essential.

    Which is why under communism, poor people tend to be treated as cattle
    and slaughtered periodically.

    Yea but it's all worth it for the free block of cheese and bag of rice.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Thu Sep 24 07:51:42 2026
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Which is why under communism, poor people tend to be treated as cattle
    and slaughtered periodically.

    Yea but it's all worth it for the free block of cheese and bag of rice.

    That cheese did make great grilled cheese sandwiches and mac & cheese. :)


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