Madworld and House of the Dead: Overkill won't be released in Germany

[steven787]

stof said:

steven787 said:

Yes, I think most governments right now are oppressive regimes.  Mostly because of income taxes; income tax = slavery.

Other than that? Still, yes.

U.S. prohibits the right of individuals to choose who they want to execute their living and last will.  Prohibits people from getting the best medical care possible, by ignoring and denying research and practice.  Controls the media by controlling their access to government agencies.

Pretty much every western country is censoring video games, books, certain religions, certain political parties, etc. etc. etc.

I have to go, I just made a bunch of long political posts, and I need to go to sleep.  We have a hurricane going on right now.

 

Edit:

Democracy is basically Oppression by majority, but it's still the best form of government we've got.

 

I assure you steven. We've never known oppression. 

 

They are different degrees of oppresion (see my post on the Taliban), I understand that; but it still is oppression.

When 20% of my work day is paying for the "Social Security" of those who don't work, that is oppression.

When 51% of the population tells the other 49% that they can't be a member a of a political party(Nazi Party in Germany [I'm Jewish]), or do a drug (there are adults in the U.S. who aren't allowed to drink, 18-20) or worship the way they want (non-aligned non-denominational Christian Churches aren't recognized as religions for tax or free speech purposes in many "free" countries), or say what they want to say (when U.S. press has to worry about being kicked out of the White House press room), that is also oppression.

The enthusiastic use of deadly force by Police in the United States and capital punishment are ways the government kill people.  Maybe they were guilty, maybe they weren't.  The government can barely build roads and schools, why should they decide who lives and dies.  Because the majority thinks it's okay?

The point is that these are democracies, and if we speak out and vote we can change things.