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To: bentway who wrote (300608)8/18/2006 1:21:24 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1578632
 
"The Black Panthers used to run preschools and breakfast programs for poor kids in the '60's.."

Good example.

"It makes you wonder if such a "ground up" group could re-arise here, as government services decline."

It would. Humans have had various forms of safety nets for at least hundreds of thousands of years. Maybe more. No society can exist for very long when everyone can only rely on their own resources. That isn't a civilization, it is a mob.


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