"We are the people, we are strong
Let's make up our minds and prove them wrong"
KMFDM - Glory
Commentary on uncoordinated mass lurching in vague directions like, say, peasants' crusades always sounds so negative. Always focusing on how they got nothing done, got trounced in their first battle if they reached the enemy at all, and mostly pillaged and murdered their native lands more than anything else, the holiness of the cause being a mere pretext for rioting.
But think about it: if your town's ignorant, fanatical and/or violent thugs developed a sudden burning desire to be half a continent away, would you argue against them?
Once in a while ya gotta wonder how much human history and politics consists of the tacit, misadvertised export of lowlifes. There just aren't enough foreign legions to go around. What we need is professional, snazzy import-export businesses shuffling migrants, militias, multi-level-marketers and jihadists around through bus stops to nowhere in circles. New business model: crusade as service. Not forever, mind you; just until we build those rockets to Venus. Rip the system? What could be more timelessly central to the system than the rabble begging to be roused?
Go on, hero. Just keep walkin' 'til yer halo floats.
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