11-07-2003 17:23									#1
	I just realized U.S. politics are JUST like U.S. highschools! Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

Look at the comparisons...........

No one ever knows what a person really thinks

No one remembers anything you say/do in a week, and bases their opinion of you on how you look(how you look literaly, or party).

If you cheat, you usually arent caught, and punishments are light(straight parallel).

The person with the most stuff is most popular.

No one really has any informed opinions.


Anyone think of more?

	11-07-2003 17:58									#2
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Rivals cannot be seen as good.

	11-07-2003 18:04									#3
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quote: Originally posted by geeslaka Rivals cannot be seen as good.

Absolutely true. I can't stand the culture in DC sometimes. The problem is, if you compromise the opposition takes that as a sign of weakness and will never let you live it down. It's disgusting what goes on.

	11-07-2003 20:38									#4
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what the hell? i dont think high schools here operate like your high school does

	11-07-2003 21:04									#5
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One more:

If someone doesn't like what you have to say, they will take away your right to say it, and if that fails, they will attribute the words to you and they 'burn' you in effigy.

Then they turn around and say, "See? I told you I was right."

	11-07-2003 21:42									#6
	Re: I just realized U.S. politics are JUST like U.S. highschools! Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

quote: Originally posted by Vesayen Look at the comparisons........... No one ever knows what a person really thinks No one remembers anything you say/do in a week, and bases their opinion of you on how you look(how you look literaly, or party). If you cheat, you usually arent caught, and punishments are light(straight parallel). The person with the most stuff is most popular. No one really has any informed opinions. Anyone think of more?

Classrooms aren't as bad - One class won't annex another for it's oil.

	11-07-2003 22:08									#7
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And I clearly cannot choose the cup in front of me.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

	11-07-2003 22:11									#8
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The easiest way to get ahead (of your peers) is to suck up

	12-07-2003 01:33									#9
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quote: Originally posted by st_swithin One more: If someone doesn't like what you have to say, they will take away your right to say it, and if that fails, they will attribute the words to you and they 'burn' you in effigy. Then they turn around and say, "See? I told you I was right."

So true!

	12-07-2003 01:40									#10
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Has anyone here actually worked in the federal gov't? (for personal reference....)

	12-07-2003 01:50									#11
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	12-07-2003 07:26									#12
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how is this like high school? seems like realist political thought to me: countries dealing with each other in an anarchic state:

One can never be certain what another nation's designs are

Historical grudges are often forgotten based on current balances of power (the soviets are our friends! no, the germans are our friends!)

States can frequently use power illegitimately or covertly, to destabilize rivals, and if they are caught, often reprisals are minor.

The state with the most power has the most lackeys.

Every state is rational, but they have little information to operate off of.

Rivals are intolerable.