Whoa! Angry, pissed off Vass on fire! I think he's gotten a little wiser, although no less disgusted by some of the things mentioned.
You can tell how dated that is by the "Sega Dreamcast" reference :)
My fatalistic, "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE" was obviously bullshit and theater. I can say that because I'm still here and not under indictment for some sort of pointless violence perpetrated on those I was railing against.
Some people do get fucked in this world, and as INDIVIDUALS, we have a responsibility to take care of them, an UNCOERCED responsibility where the only thing pressuring us is our own sense of right and wrong. For example, the family that lives right, takes care of kids they can afford to have, and Dad gets slaughtered coming home one day and ends up crippled and unable to work..LEGITIMATELY unable to work, not fucking carpal-tunnel unable to work. The guy's only mistake was buying a shit insurance policy that he didn't understand, and his kids are going to end up on the street. You know what? Sign me the fuck up. Don't take it automatically take it out of my paycheck to be "handled" by some functionary. I don't need a middle man. I, and people of good will and character, can take care of him just fine.
I believe that if did away with the from-the-barrel-of-a-gun compulsory do-gooding of wealth transfer through taxation, you'd have so much charity in this country it would make your head spin and send you to bed every night with a song in your heart. I believe in the good in people, and I believe that those that would give would give MORE, and not because it was some sort of a fucking tax break.
So to modify the rant, you have no responsibility for anyone except in areas dictated by your conscience.
Live Free or Die, my Pretties!
Vass