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the table is tilted folks
It's called the "AMERICAN DREAM"
because you have to be asleep to believe it.
Don't assume your own kids are representative of the whole.
"Is France a country?"
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"I don't think France is a country."
Are you dumber than an American?
If you don't know what I'm talking about... check it.
Yeh it seems to me as though America (and most Western countries for that matter) are operating Communism/Dictatorships under the guise of capitalism, with a select few controlling the vast majority by dumbing them down.
The pertinent question here is:
How do you beat "them"/help the vast majority become educated?
I havnt been able to find an answer, so the old adage "cant beat them, join them" is what im sticking to.
Does this really happen. Are there really politicians in a country such as America that actually do thing to dumb down their populous...or is it more a by-product of neglect?
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You gotta wonder. The are any number of conspiracy theories that claim we are being dumbed down. A quick google search.Does this really happen. Are there really politicians in a country such as America that actually do thing to dumb down their populous...or is it more a by-product of neglect?
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and sometimes the "point" zooms past - and you have to think about it ...Whether intentional or not, I have certainly seen a declining ability/willingness to examine issues, everything is centered around 8 second sound-bites...
It seems to me that moral hypocrisy has got quite out of hand. We have allowed the chattering classes, notably journalists and in the current case also the police, to impose on the community, moral standards that often enough they do not practice, any more than does the community.
The spectacle of the governor of New York abasing himself on television about how he had violated his obligations to his family and that he had violated his or anyone's sense of right and wrong was invidious.
What did he do? Did he kidnap children, confine them in a basement and then rape and murder them. Did he run an orphanage, and violate those entrusted to his care. Did he steal the gold from Fort Knox.
No, he did none of those things. He availed himself of the services of a sex worker, in a New York Hotel. He paid a lady for a service, and received it, like a number of other guests at the same and other New York hotels. And nobody would have been any the wiser had the federal police not tapped the booking and made it public.
What were the police doing, wire tapping the State governor? Do they do that for all the governors of America's 50 or so States? What are they looking for? Terrorists? Adulterers?
What business is it of anybody but Eliot Spitzer? What does Mrs Spitzer think of having this titbit served up for public delectation and her private embarrassment? And what business is it of ours, here in Australia on the other side of the world, where it was an item on the 7pm evening news.
Well, it is our business, because as America goes, so do we. If it's wrong to sleep with a prostitute in America, then it's wrong here, isn't it. No. It's not. It's perfectly legal here.
Hey buddy, when I made my comment about Gen Y's...it's based upon me personally employing in excess of 200 Generation Y's...so yeah, whilst generalities can often be flawed, I feel I have the right to make a contrast between the generations. Give me the baby boomers anytime. For the record my kids are doing just fine.
But I do thank the generation Y's for one thing (or at least those who worked for me). And that is, that business isn't everything...so I sold out and am happy to have done so.
Now the task is to o preserve the capital...and it ain't easy at the moment!
But I can rest easy...if I blow it I can get the pension and be a burden on the Gen Y's!
Congratulations 2020, you've demonstrated critical thinking abilities that pot you ahead 98% of the packbut probably the real news is .. why the hell was his phone tapped??
hey mofra - blame ABC's David Barnett for the thinking - I just did the readingCongratulations 2020, you've demonstrated critical thinking abilities that pot you ahead 98% of the pack
Definitely, and anyone that can't spell that word shouldn't be allowed a uni degree.Whether intentional or not, I have certainly seen a declining ability/willingness to examine issues, everything is centered around 8 second sound-bites... and even that used to be a 15 second sound-bite. The state is dictating more and more how we must think, that is undeniable,a nd as mentioned above, the constant appetite for entertainment (whether groomed or not) in favour of conversation, reading debating etc is highly disturbing.
And it's not just gen y. With a few delightful exceptions, my own generation of late boomers/early gen Xers have developed a singular lack of critical thought.
P.S. - Spitzer's hooker was pretty gorgeous. Good on him I say!
Every generation has bad eggs. A large minority of baby boomers were filthy, degenerate hippies. Years of substance abuse caused many to develop a chronic mental disability.
Good on you, for boasting about your business success to an anonymous audience. I'm a GenY, born in China but now a proud Aussie, and in my last year of university. I haven't experienced the pleasure of ripping off an unsuspecting entrepreneur (I guess that's one of our generational character flaws), but I'm also happy with my life to date. I secured a scholarship and guaranteed graduate employment in my first year of uni. It's not all about the money, I'll genuinely look forward to treating your generation as you enter your autumn years.
Rest assured that I won't mind paying for your pension, my starting salary will be generous. Within a few years, private health funds will be giving me more cash than I could possibly spend. Baby boomers expect silver spoon service, and they're willing to pay through the teeth for it.
At $1,000 an hour, she is probably more than just gorgeous!
Perhaps a specialist in lateral positioning for leg trades?
Or is that, "lateral legs for position trades"?I forget.
You'd hate it if she liked to knock off early... so to speak...
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