09-09-2019, 04:58 AM
(09-06-2019, 08:41 AM)David Horn Wrote: New leadership that sets a higher moral tone can reverse that, but it takes a long time to get there.
Politicians don't have to be perfect people, just a bit better than the rest. Or at least be perceived that way by their voters. You see how this drags down standards.
(09-06-2019, 05:16 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: It will also take a public that rejects demagogues who make contradictory but nebulous promises, business administrators who care about customers and subordinates, politicians who head constituents more than they heed lobbyists. journalists who put objective truth above a rigid agenda, and perhaps even creative people who inculcate the idea that destructive behavior ruins the destructive person. Education? Very simply, we need to teach that there is more to life than quick thrills, chemical highs, sex, material indulgence, bureaucratic power, and mind-numbing entertainment.
Sounds like life in a High.