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Human beings lived for centuries without having Barber Shops or Beauty Salons
first, I have no objection to women who want to go the salon, but the whole concept of what constitutes a Man's hairstyle in our culture is very backwards!
the invention of the electric clippers was probably one of the worst tools ever invented and has been very detrimental to the psyche of Many boys and young Men who were forceably shorn!
the origins of the buzzcut/induction cut stem from the fact that soldiers were in fox holes for days and would contract lice so the hair was buzzed off for practical reasons NOT to be stylish or set a standard for Men and boys in civilian life!!
our entire culture is one dysfunctional society and as human beings we are denying ourselves as being human as we have evolved into automatons!
the direction of the U.S alone is parallel with what George Orwell , Aldous Huxley and other enlightened writers WARNED us about decades ago.
the emergence of the Homeland Security act, TSA, and surveillance cameras should frighten any rational thinking person ,but most people are walking around like zombies.
America has become the New Soviet Union so why should anyone be surprised that a military haircut is more acceptable on a Man than a full head of hair?
when drug testing is the norm for all job applicants regardless of position which is the "you are guilty until proven innocent" mindset.
the so-called "stylists" in the stripmall "snip shops" which are the worst of all are nothing more than automatons trained in the concept of Men must have short hair only and giving them all a uniform look.
Both political parties are two sides of the same coin leading us further down the road to this nightmare.
the utopian visions of the 1960s counterculture with their "Age of Aquarius" themes about Liberation is only a dream of the past.
we are as far as you can get from being liberated as any militaristic society can be.
But what can you expect from a nation where 85 year old Grandmothers are being strip searched by the TSA when those who are more questionable are approached more cautiously because of accusations of "Racial profiling"?
nothing makes sense anymore. at least not to me!
if you like the nightmarish United Police States of America good for you, but if you are sick of this then think about what we need to do to turn things around!
There is a solution, but you won't like it.
DISCLAIMER: I don't support these tactics, but this is what would likely have to take place.
Things could be turned around, but probably only with a second civil war, with great bloodshed.
This could get really ugly really fast.
Think maybe 10 million casualties, or more.
The people (the 99%) would have to:
Resort to total anarchy and REFUSE to recognize the authority of those currently in charge. Think militant stance on steroids.
Band together to protect each other from the police and military. That means massively swarming the police if one of their members is being arrested, sending the police running for their lives.
Massively riot in thousands of places across the USA at the same time, overwhelming the authorities. Think OCCUPY raised by 2 or 3 orders of magnitude.
This would probably result in a "Mad Max" type of scenario. Every man for himself. Rich people's homes would be pillaged. If you own anything of value, you can kiss it good bye. No one would be safe.
DISCLAIMER: Again, I don't support this, since life the way it is now is better than what the result would be.
What scares me most is that scenario COULD happen if things get really bad. A second Great Depression could possilbly spark something like this. People aren't going to be willing to "do without". Civility is gone, it is not the 1930s any more.
Scott