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   gmwilliamsposted 6 years ago

   
   What HAS America BECOME?    Your thoughts?

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      Hxprofposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      An extraordinarily divided country.  My thinking is that it likely will get worse.

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   Castlepalomaposted 6 years ago

   I've had three attempts to be hypnotized by Professionals, and failed yet I really wanted to. In a way I can hypnotized myself into real and positive ways. Just can't except too much of bs from Nationaism.

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   Ed Fisherposted 6 years ago

   Free for all ,
   
   At Fault ? Baby-boomers !  The entitled generation , you were never  hungry , or without the necessities of life , mommy and daddy coddled your putrid existence to a new way of living , no longer to live a life by sacrifice of self ,  you got almost everything you ever wanted and flew right through the maturing phase of appreciation of anything .
   
   What did the Boomers then do ?   They raised a couple of generations of something far worse than spoiled  , not better than themselves but MORE entitled , more babied , more selfish . children who would learn to whine when in a state of want for anything , my pacifier , more breast-milk  ,more coddling ,more toys ,newer  cars , more liberties and  freedoms , more ranting about selfish wants than any generation anywhere , ever .
   
   And now ?  The grand babies ,  the very first generation in America with absolutely no ambition for acquiring that which they have not yet been given  .   You can spot them a mile away on the jobs , leaning on something for body support ,  talking on a dumb-phone , showing up late for work , late for dinner , late for their diploma's , late for the wedding , the christening ,..........
   
   And now ?   A culture in America addicted to prescription and / or illicitly acquired drugs , alcohol , a pill from the Dr. to numb the pain of life itself  ,    a generation unwilling to work ,  too lazy to even breed ,  to addicted to the feeling of a "buzz" to ever consider any sacrifice towards humanity .   
   
   A generation where everything  except  you is at fault for your personal misery , your job ,the boss ,  coworkers , family members , parents , teachers , schools and the government , where every single fault in your life is someone , anyone , everyone else's fault .   There is one reason and one reason alone that America is sliding into a state of  cultural devolution ,  because half of you all out there are stuck on yourselves .
   
   No , not a "free for all "........ A "Me For all "

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      gmwilliamsposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Profuse ranting again!   Ed believes that people should be born impoverished & grow up struggling & hungry w/o the basic necessities.  WHAT GREAT LOGIC ED HAS!
      
      Ed, do you want people to be impoverished & constantly struggling?  Ed, do you want people not to have a sense of self & deny themselves?  Ed, do you feel that NO ONE should be beyond the poverty/struggling level, living in constant penury?  Why are you SO JEALOUS of affluent people who never had to struggle?  Jealousy is toxic, remember that.  Please get help...…
      
      Do you want everyone to have VERY LARGE families & be IMPOVERISHED?  Not everyone wants a lot of children.  Hell, there are some people who don't want children.   There is nothing wrong w/a healthy dose of selfishness.  Having a sense of self is mentally healthy.   Well, poverty thinking LFL is here again.   Good day, Ed with the LFL, toxic philosophy!   You want everyone to have LARGE FAMILIES & BE IMPOVERISHED, LIVING AT THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR.  Ain't going to happen.  Families are getting smaller & people are becoming more educated, thank God. 
      
      
      Ed, people like you won't thrive in 21st century America.  In fact, people like you & who have your philosophy will find BEHIND...……...WAY BEHIND.  Those who are poor &/or from large families are behind.  They don't have the modern technology which will enable them to achieve in school.  They also will be the LEAST educated as they won't have the monies for higher education.  They are lucky if they finish secondary school.  The poor & those from large families won't have the advanced skills to thrive in the 21st century.  They will be relegated to dead end jobs which will eventually be phased out.  They will eventually be part of a permanent, unemployed UNDERCLASS.
      
      The people who you deride will be the educated & affluent ones.  They will have the money for technology which will help them advance in school.  They are the ones who will be attending college & beyond.  When they finish, they will have the skills to succeed in the postmodern 21st century.  They will thrive socioeconomically.   
      
      
      Remember Ed, the poor won't thrive.  They won't even have jobs as they don't have the prerequisite computer/technological skills.  As I have stated before, don't hate on the affluent my dear.   The poor & those from large families should remember these words, "CAN I HELP YOU" as they will be saying this a lot while those who are affluent & from small families will have the better, more high powered jobs while they will have the lower jobs.  Well, it is so good to WIN the argument again while you LOSE.  WELL GOOD DAY YET AGAIN!

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   Live to Learnposted 6 years ago

   I think the world is at a crossroads. We have become interconnected, we hear the voices of all across the world, we see images which are becoming clearer and clearer. This interconnectivity has happened too quickly for many to parse. And, the problem with this interconnectivity is that it causes a simultaneous disconnect and isolation. It has become easier to empathize with words and ideas we see on the screens of our devices than to participate in meaningful interaction with the person next door. We can 'care' without action; other than the time it takes to type the words 'I care.' Which means absolutely nothing.
   
   It reminds me of what I've always said about religion and the two most important commandments. It's easy to follow the one about loving God. God is what we want God to be. Loving our fellow man is a lot more difficult and more easily ignored.
   
   There was a time where a good citizen was seen as one who worked within their community for the good of that community. Statesmen and women were ones who worked for the benefit of the greater community of a nation. Now, the greater community is the world, as a whole.
   
   A consumer economy is predicated under the assumption that the entire society agrees on what constitutes success. What brings happiness. What the ultimate goal of life will be. That is the core of the problem. Because, in such an arrangement there will always be a greater and greater divide between the winners and the losers. The happy and the unhappy. But, the truth is that neither winners or losers, within those parameters are winners or losers. Not by any meaningful standard.
   
   I believe altruism does not exist within the human spirit. We all gain something by each of our actions. But, I also know that advancing an 'I want, I want' philosophy predicated on the ideals of consumerism will do nothing but advance discord and ill will; globally.
   
   America needs to evolve to an understanding that we need another way. Complaining that an 'I want food and affordable housing' is somehow wrong and 'I want a bigger car' is somehow right is one of our problems. Greed and selfishness is the primary byproduct of our way of life. We are better than that.

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      gmwilliamsposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      GOOD, PROFOUND STATEMENT INDEED!  Logically presented.
      
      

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         Live to Learnposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Now you're confusing me. Did someone hack gm's account?

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   Kathryn L Hillposted 6 years ago

   It is a matter of power to the people vs power to the government.
   
   Do liberals want power to the government in the extreme?
   Do conservatives want power to the people in the extreme?
   
   Instead, we need balance and the cooperation of those who are liberals and those who are conservatives.
   
   There can't be a Breakout Party in a democracy where only one of two choices are offered. (A third party never gets the majority vote and it becomes a wasted vote.)
   
   I say, We NEED a Break Out party but, the majority must get on board.
   
   
   We need a party that is perfectly balanced, with the best of principles of the right and left.
   
   Ideally, the way to live is to be IN the world, but not OF it.
   
   Jesus taught that principal. Krishna taught that principal.
   
   After all, we are not here forever.
   
   Furthermore, we need to think about our kids and posterity. What is the best for everyone involved ... now and in the future.
   
   Thanks for this freedom of speech.

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      gmwilliamsposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Great statement.  Keep the discussion going! 
      
      

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   Kathryn L Hillposted 6 years ago

   thanks gmwilliams.
   
   The Declaration of Independence states:
   
   "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men were created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.---- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, ----That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government laying to its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
   
   Prudence, indeed, will dictate Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms  to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, ,pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

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