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· @apolymask ·
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Quick question if you don't mind.
If there was an evil conspiracy by the most powerful and dangerous and ruthless individuals in the world to take as much control as possible and in the process of that murder millions of human beings and trillions of animals and which would also attempt to keep the majority of the population impoverished and enslaved... 

And it got to the point where this force of cruel individuals was so toxic and cancerous to the planet that it was literally threatening the very survival of the entire species an virtually all the other species on the planet.. Would you...

A: Do everything reasonably possible to try to help others and the planet and to resist the corruption.
B: Help a little bit here and there as long as it doesn't inconvenience you too much.
C: Totally ignore it, your personal life and happiness is more important than the entire world and everyone else on it.
D: Join in and help destroying everything.
E: Something else?
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@artgirl · (edited)
Whoa, in that scenario of course we should be all be A. I know I would. :P Sure hope I could. :D

And also if that happened, shouldn't they be getting rid of the smart people and those already on to them first? Oh no, I thought of maybe... fake rapture? Whoa...

In terms of saving the world, we gotta do it one step at a time. Little by little as much as we can. As an individual first and then as a group. It will grow of course. There are a lot of groups already doing such so I think we're getting there slowly...
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@bashadow ·
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A: A is assuming we know who the individuals are that are so toxic and cancerous to the planet. That being the case then Yep I would choose A.

B: D: and E: With the above being known then not likely

C: If the above (A) is not know then that is what I would do, Like Don Quixote, sometimes fighting a windmill is the same as whistling into the wind. If you do not know who the toxic individuals are then any thing done is nothing more than collateral damage and adding to the rapid decline of the planet to safely hold human life. So you may inadvertently join "D's" team
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@apolymask ·
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Thanks for your answer! Why do you think you need to know who they are in order to resist what they are doing and to help others?
Even if we don't know exactly who they are, we can still see the effects of what they are doing and we can try to address those things.
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@bashadow · (edited)
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To resist and to push back against something you need to know what you are fighting. If you do not then your actions could end up aiding those you oppose. Blind acceptance runs both ways, you can not blindly follow a crowd. Look at how people blindly tried to fight back against the "System" in Fuergeson. They thought they were fighting back, they thought they were doing right. They did not know who they were fighting. Did the shop owners who's stores were destroyed cause the problem? Did the people injured by the crowd cause the problem? The crowd thought they were doing right, did they. 
If you do not know who the enemy is, you hurt yourself, friends and neighbors that are innocent. I happen to believe collateral damage is not okay.
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@beautifulklare ·
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<p><blockquote></blockquote> </p></p>I like how you write. Can I put your quote on my blog?</p></p>
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@apolymask ·
Thanks for the positive feedback! And sure, feel free to share!
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@deliberator ·
Like ya style with this one, nice and subtle, yet bang on the money.
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@itsmechille ·
Hello my dear friend @apolymask. My answer is A. I apologize, my internet is horrible today, I want to expand my answer but I am running out of good connection. So, for now forgive my short answer.

> I wish you a happy day my friend @apolymask.
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@kryptocek ·
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Ahh this is hard. I honestly feel like a piece of junk when I read your post lol You out here trying to save the world and educate everyone and honestly I have an idea of what's going on but not to much knowledge and wish I did.

So my answer is E first... to educate myself in all that's going on..to have a better understanding. Which eventually would lead to answer A. 

A long way to go but need to start somewhere and I feel like gaining proper knowledge on it first is key..
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@apolymask ·
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I like your answer and your honesty. :) Sorry you felt like a piece of junk when you read this, but at least you felt something. Many wouldn't even feel anything and don't care at all. So the fact you still feel something at all is important.

Educating yourself first is of upmost importance. It's a slaughterhouse out there and if you don't know what you're getting into, people will tear you up. many well meaning good intentioned people try, and then come face to face with the machine and the hordes of the machine and then decide it's a lil much for them.  So.. Yes.. The more you educate yourself, the less you'll allow others to take advantage of you and impede your progress, or worse. 

Educating yourself is probably the single most important thing you can do. BUT.. Then, once you've got a good idea of things.. Being able to share what you learned with others will also become vital. 

I don't pretend to know all the answers by any means, though I've learned a lot and if you ever want some advice on where to start looking, I'd be happy to point you in a couple directions. :)

Either way, thanks for sharing your thoughts! I appreciate it.
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@lexymaine ·
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D. Join in and help destroy everything. 
Reason: This world is a mess and it's not worth saving. Many have tried their maximum best to keep it intact yet we go about ruinig the very own planet we live on. Countless social vices, rape cases, thefts, crypto going down and so on. Prolly this evil man will vanquish the planet and bring sth new. Who knows lol. My opinion tho
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@apolymask ·
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 
Not sure I understand though how if you find those things like destruction and theft deplorable or undesirable, why would you join in on them and add more to the equation in that direction?
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@nellita66 ·
Option A is the most viable for me, the other options sound a bit egista. If all the people of this planet took the option A in response, the world would be very different. You talk about supposing that there is a conspiracy to kill the inhabitants of the planet and, actually, I take it literally, because that is what is happening around the world we are destroying friend @apolymask. I send you a great greeting from Venezuela.
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@shasta ·
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E. try to inform others, but most reactions have been
like a lot of the other alphabet letters.
Something is a foot as in the slow boiling of,.
Wait no one is suppose to notice, there is a glitch!
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@apolymask ·
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. :) I like your answer! I do similar and try to inform others, in the end.. I'm not sure how much else you can do. If peoples minds don't change, the world will mostly stay the same.. Informing others is of the upmost importance. 

Hopefully that glitch ends in our favor! :D And by "our" I mean the people who still care.
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@stevenwood ·
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#### I enjoyed the irony of starting your post with the word ***if...***
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The truth is we do not have to be greatly or vastly inconvenienced to follow the path set out by option **A!**
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Many people undertaking small acts consciously could create a ripple effect of collective will, could destroy entire industries...Could create permanent and lasting change. i don't wanna fall into the cliche trap of using the word change in the manner that a politician does...
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When campaigning to be elected, politicians promise change...A limp, sappy, half-assed change that doesn't really mean anything ***OR*** is an in-joke to their corrupt cronies. After all, crashing entire global financial markets every few years to exact what they euphemistically describe as a redistribution of wealth is change, right?
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Climbing over the poorest people on the planet to reach your ends and skirting round the edges of genocide for profit is a plan that creates great change, right?
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Consider this...lets create a fictional evil corporate behemoth to use as an example SonManto...**cough**    ;)
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If enough people start to boycott their evil farming chemicals and pesticides and seeds that the poorest on earth (who rely on farming for their very survival) can not afford without going into debt...What would happen to their profits, stock, evil empire?
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Or brand x fizzy black drink filled with such noxious toxins as Aspartamane...What if parents taught the truth to their family, friends, colleagues, offspring about having a healthy lifestyle not one that takes us down the road to ill health and into the clutches of Big-Pharma? What would happen to that multi-billion dollar brand?
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#### What if we looked to our so called ***leaders*** and said NO! Not in my name, en-masse? How do the few ***truly*** control the many?
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I choose to start by attacking profits and ballot boxes...After that the whole house of cards is at best precarious.
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#### If these individuals, corporate and otherwise truly existed, we would know them if we searched the information, right?
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#### To make the decision that **resistance is futile** Is in my opinion, to refuse to make any decision at all.
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In this ***hypothetical*** situation, none of the other answers are really answers at all!
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@apolymask ·
Great response. Well said. Couldn't agree much more. 

>I enjoyed the irony of starting your post with the word if...

Heh.

>Climbing over the poorest people on the planet to reach your ends and skirting round the edges of genocide for profit is a plan that creates great change, right?

Damn.. I'ma have to share this in the future if you don't mind.. That's a powerful set of words.

Also yeah, path A.. I mentioned "reasonably" in that context you don't have to starve you don't have to drop everything you're doing, it essentially just means.. You help as much as you can without going into detrimental territory.

>What if we looked to our so called leaders and said NO! Not in my name, en-masse? How do the few truly control the many?

This is a major part of the solution right here.. There would be no Hitlers if there were no followers. People need to take responsibility for themselves and stop giving their power and energy to corrupt forces that prey on others with it.

I don't have time to respond to everything right now, but thanks for the very thoughtful response! Yours is the best response I've seen so far. :)
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@stevenwood · (edited)
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Let me just say if I hadn't been writing my comment immediately before a workday with under 5 hours sleep to go I would have gone on for much longer, you were probably lucky as I do tend to pontificate a little (Nooo, really...Yell a thousand Steemians in unison!!!)
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#### You may have already guessed, you *triggered* me on a topic I am incredibly passionate about ;)
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I am slighly concerned at reading some of the other responses to your ethical poser, however I am assuming them to be tinged with irony or a decent modicum of flippancy due to the nature of the scenario being described being *hypothetical.*
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There is literally so much information available on the situation you describe, as in who is behind global affairs and who steers governments, financial markets, popular opinion (propaganda) and all other factors that impact our species as a whole. Of course not all information and education is *fair and balanced* and takes judgement as you begin to educate yourself and we ***should*** educate ourselves...
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Sorry if it sounds militant and judgemental (not at all my intention) but ignorance is a choice too, no choice **IS** a choice! I have a lyric going round my head right now and I gotta free it...
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>Neutrality means that you don't really care
Cuz the struggle goes on even when you're not there
Blind and unaware

That comes from a 'Rise against' track named Collapse (post Amerika)
Which leads me to the other rise against track in my head as I write this reply ***'From heads unworthy'***

>We are the children you reject and disregard
These aching cries come from the bottom of our hearts
You can't disown us now, we are your own flesh and blood
And we don't disappear just because your eyes are shut...
...
As their castles crumble slowly
We watch them fall
The crown slips from heads unworthy
As we gain control
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#### I don't only live my life according to song lyrics I promise ;)
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But when I hear something profound it stays within the walls of my mind. There are many outlets within the world of media now that leak information, why? Is it from the altruistic people within the system who realise that change is our **only** option?
Or is it to poke us with a big stick to force a retaliation that **then** justifies Draconian measures and punishments enacted against us to ensure our docility and compliance?
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There are many reasons for both pessimism and optimism surrounding us right now, all must be treated warily before we accept blindly that which we are told.
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#### It is extremely heartening and indeed, fortifying to know that there are ever increasing numbers of us who see things clearer than ever before.
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Monarchies, Oligarchies, rogue militarists and governments/banksters should be starting to feel a little hot under the collar as the curtain has been pulled back a little, just enough for us to catch a glimpse that forces us to at least question...
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I was fascinated to hear the anecdote about cooking frogs. Apparently if you drop a frog in to boiling water he will instinctively leap out and hop off. If you place a frog in lukewarm water and gradually increase the temperature incrementally, he will happily, quite literally stew in his own juices...I see a parallel! 
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Yes you used the word *reasonably* in your summary for option A, and the situation *could* be reasonably dealt with and re-balanced in quite a civil non acrimonious, non detrimental way. That option has an expiry date IMO but would be infinitely preferable. 
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Thanks for the prompt/trigger (haha) that fired up the grey ~~grey vs gray~~ matter, thinking is a skill that must never be disregarded no matter how much tech is at our fingertips!
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###### As a vegetarian I can quite categorically state that no frogs were harmed in the formulating of this reply.
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#### Sorry about the excessive length again, I find it difficult to self edit. Keep asking the big questions man, thinking is *worth the pain* &#128513;
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@tcpolymath ·
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Well, by observation, a little bit of B and a little bit of D.

I'm not sure if this would change if there was some sort of viable plan for A available, though.
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@apolymask ·
Thanks for the honesty, do you mind if I ask why you think joining in on the destruction is viable if a clear solution isn't? You seem like a very logical fellow. And your reasoning has me a bit curious.
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@tcpolymath ·
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I don't know that it's viable; I'm not consciously  pursuing it as a strategy. It's just my empirically observed behavior. 

I might theorize something about human frailty, personal inconstancy, and a general inability to make fighting entropy the first priority at all times.

I may also take a broader view of D than others. I used plastic straws this weekend, I stayed in a hotel in a city where cleaning staff is vastly racially divided, I ignored a local police shooting because I was busy with other things, I'm short the market. All of those are D-ish. 

At the same time what I was doing during all of that was working to help myself and others make better, more thoughtful, more humane art, which is very much B. There are tradeoffs there that I have no confidence that I'm making efficiently, but I think some level of tradeoff is inevitable.
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@youhavewings ·
This is definitely a most important topic, @apolymask.  

I live in answer A.  Although, I have to say, that is not easy by any means.  It requires a fairly thick skin and truth has to mean more to you than the backlash you will receive.  It's a hard pill to swallow.  

HOWEVER, I do believe in the power of truth and I do believe in the power of the human spirit.....and.....well, happy endings ;)

I think people are more aware now though.  I really do.  

We just need to take our power back and not give it to these very toxic people....truth first.
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