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Greetings good citizen, just completed the morning search for optimism and once again have come up empty. I apologize, mostly because this is news to no one but I endeavor to start each post from a foundation of understanding.

Some of you get lost at the greeting and most of you shortly thereafter but I do TRY to start from a place where we are all on the same page.

Last night while watching the Billy show, our boy went where most pundits don't dare and [I do it all the time but you ignore me when I say it!] hit the nail square on the head but I doubt many watching appreciate the significance of this 'duh' admission.

He ended last night's show on a mini tirade directed at the 'youth of the nation' which evolved into the larger issue of over-population BUT he stopped short of criticizing the feckless for their callous mismanagement! [Understand, if the man wants to be back next week he has to respect the borders of his handlers. He can only push so far, which is where I come in.]

Thanks to our current society's nihilism those of us dutifully marching towards the dirtnap have failed to see that our bloodlines have already been eliminated from the future.

Your children can't afford to have kids which means it's the end of the line for the, er, 'responsible' among us. Bill actually sounded hopeful that the younger generation had made a difficult decision based on the facts on the ground.

I fail to see how 'Sucks being you' ends well for anyone.

It is a huge mistake to believe 'the rich' are on top of this situation because it is the rich who are responsible for the misallocation of resources that have lead us to where we are now.

Their failure to 'arrest' capitalism before it drove society off a cliff will result in a catastrophic drop in the global population that will likely result in extinction.

[Still the faintest glimmer of hope twinkling mischievously there!]

But, as usual, I'm getting ahead of myself.

Let's rewind to the 'sucks being you' part and ask if this is the best way to go about managing the size of our collective planetary presence.

The REASON our species is suffocating was obvious in Billy's, er, 'indictment'...we are the same age and he can't conceive of society ever 'sharing' the resources of this planet.

The operative phrase here is 'can't conceive'.

A goodly percentage of humanity honestly believes that society only exists because of 'excess'. Start cutting it close and humanity will wipe itself out.

That said, left unchecked and humanity will wipe itself out...leaving us all with that Capt. Obvious moment of why aren't any of our 'legislators' even talking about population control that is so vital to our collective survival?

Is THIS the apex of stupid/stupidity?

The 'PROBLEM' will take care of itself...which totally misses the point that extinction is exactly what the collective 'we' are trying (unsuccessfully) to avoid!

What's it all about? Well, from the very beginning when the first parents kissed their newborns for the very first time then proceeded to stamp 'born to die' upon their blameless brows the only sensible answer to the question 'what's it all about' has been 'future generations'.

If we ALLOW [this is only happening because U put up with it!] the feckless to continue to push us down the road to extinction, quite literally surviving by walking over our corpses [they have done this for countless generations and no it's not 'natural'.]

Society cannot exist without trust but those who would readily exploit that trust must be dealt with in a way so they (or theirs) can never betray us again.

Rules without 'rulers' means let no one make laws to suit themselves nor exempt themselves from prosecution for violating the laws we all must abide by.

How do we put the law 'out of the reach' of the self-serving?

By eliminating 'legislators'. This is the ONLY place where your 'vote' serves you.

The law belongs to all that agree to abide by it, those that choose not to will be banished just as those who disregard the laws.

NOBODY will have 'special provenance' over the law or be allowed to 'interpret' the law. The meaning of the law is subject to 'consensus'. Whatever the majority of the people believe the law to mean is how the law shall be interpreted...and no you can't keep demanding ever larger numbers hoping for an outcome that favors your interpretation.

Juries will consist of seven of your peers and it's what your peers decide together that will determine how to proceed and what punishment (if any) to mete out. [if the jury decides in your favor the judge can overrule them, which is why we currently have judges AND juries! Under ASP there will only be juries.]

This was your 'constitutional protection' against tyranny but the tyrants have taken it away from you along with as your liberty and your ability to pursue 'happiness'...

MY PEERS are unlikely to understand that last part but it's not lost on their children/grandchildren.

Thanks for stopping by Head, we need to do this more often...

Gegner