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From page 807 of Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon.

  Let's face it, Randy, we've all known guys like Ares. The
  pattern of human behavior that caused the internal mental
  representation known as Ares to appear in the minds of the
  ancient Greeks is very much with us today, in the form of
  terrorists, serial killers, riots, pogroms, and aggressive
  tinhorn dictators who turn out to be military incompetents.
  And yet for all their stupidity and incompetence, people
  like that can conquer and control large chunks of the world
  if they are not resisted....
  
  Who is going to fight them off, Randy?
  
  [...] If Ares-worshippers aren't going to end up running
  the whole world, someone needs to do violence to them.
  This isn't very nice, but it's a fact: civilization
  requires an Aegis. And the only way to fight the
  bastards off in the end is through intelligence.
  Cunning. Metis.

The above quote is, to a certain extent, responsible for the anti-system and revolutionary talk in this book. I want to make sure that the next generation is well armed with information and analytical skills that they will need to change the system. The changing information landscape and the democratization of education will soon make it possible to finally f*** the sytem. Modern warfare is information warfare.

I am strongly against the appropriation of the wealth of the rich people through any form of “revolution”. The problem is that not all rich people are bad guys. Some people became rich by legitimate means. So while it would be right to “nationalize” the wealth of an some business which obtained what it has by bribe, it would not be right to take away the wealth of the self-made shop owner who worked all his life to build his empire of shops.

Let the rich keep what they own now. We are creating a new economy and we just need to own the new economy. Because everywthign grows exp. within a couple of gen. we will have everything back again.