On 07/11/2013 08:57 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote:
On 7/11/13 10:26 , Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:

One day the Snowdens of this world will have the power to arrest and
punish the monsters who illegally rule us from Washington.



Not likely. The Snowdens of the world do not wish power. They don't
know how to manage power. They wish to undermine power. If they should
topple Washington, there will be politically adept individuals with a
hunger for power, who will take the place of those deposed. But it will
not be the Snowdens of the world. Regardless of ideology, power is first
about power. All other priorities are the means to that end.

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.


Power absolutely corrupts. Power is bad.