From: Cynthia (cyn386@flash.net)
Date: Fri Sep 24 1999 - 10:25:57 MDT
"Michael S. Lorrey" wrote:
> Societies that are highly
> structured might be seemingly peaceful and well run for a while, but at
> some point the collective stress reaches such a level that they drift
> into national madness, warfare, and genocide. Some 40-60 million asians
> have been slaughtered this century in asian societies that socialists
> have always pointed to as wonderfully organised, socialised, and
> 'peaceful'.
"Collective Stress"?
I would place the blame on the fact that centralized power, creates situations
where there is a lot of power without accountability attached to it. And those
who have the power feel free to toy with the lives of those they rule. They may
chose to conduct social experiments (like our government), mass genocide, or start
wars; all on a whim.
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