On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:39:27 +1100
Zenaan Harkness
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 07:44:42PM -0300, juan wrote:
This is what happens to honest businessmen in the US https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2012/03/26/use-real-money-go-to-fe...
Not only the USA.
Robert Kahre's mistake was to fail to build a solid grass-roots group of similarly principled companions.
I think his mistake was to assume that the legal system can be 'hacked'. But there's no point in trying to outsmart, at their own game, the people who have the self-granted power to 1) create whatever 'law' they want 2) 'interpret' it in whatever way they want 3) kill amybody who doesn't obey 4) etc.
No, paying salaries to your employees does not count ...
The era of lone Ulyssees heros, plating the flag on the hilltop, being hailed by the throngs of well wishers, is over.
A win for the community, must genuinely involve "the community" - that is, many thousands of individuals who actually stand the ground of the win/ cause/ human right/ change to the system, that is being attempted.
Of course, a critical mass of like minded people is needed.
That way for example, Robert Kahre would have had thousands of individuals, not only from his own company, rocking up to court hearings, protesting the IRS, joining in his legal court cases as parties interested - as in a class action - and much more.
Fail to build a team of fellow humans who genuinely share your vision, and you shall do little more than suffer the wrath of the existing powers that be. And what exactly is the point of martyrdom? You won't get many brownie points these days, and those you do get are little more than "good on ya mate"...
We have here in Australia the example of a state senator who conducted a multi-year information gathering exercise regarding municipal/town water fluoridation. He ultimately collected a lot of original documents, and published the 1000+ page volume (or three), along with the 100 page summary volume, along with the 30 page summary summary volume, along with the 50-point two page summary summary summary page (bones go brittle, fluorosis, hypothalamus encrusting and consequential mental impairment, congenital effects, much better/ more efficatious/ targetted options, etc etc (50 headline bombshells).
AFter all this, he proposed alteration to legislation and banning of fluoridation of human (drinking) water supplies, had that legislation single handedly passed, and the State of Queensland, Australia, was without fluoridated municipal water for two to three years.
He did not get elected for a second 6 or 7 year term, and fluoride was reintroduced in that next term, in short order.
Moral of the story? A win/change by a lone individual will not last the next term of government where he is not re-elected, and ONLY a genuine grass roots supported movement for change, shall be lasting.
But he did get some popular support...Maybe the moral of the story is that democracy is rather flawed. "If voting changed anything they'd make it illegal"
"If you are to keep your father's wealth, you must earn it anew."
Good luck fellow humans,