01-13-2021, 12:04 PM
(01-11-2021, 01:37 PM)User3451 Wrote:(01-11-2021, 11:45 AM)David Horn Wrote:(01-10-2021, 12:54 PM)mamabug Wrote: Honestly, at this point, it is entirely with the Left's control just how bad the 4T gets (in terms of, you know, outright killing or gulag-style imprisonment of American citizens). From my perspective, the key is to stop demonizing and scapegoating every Republican, conservative, and/or person who voted for Trump. They need to push the bounds of who is in the in-group out far enough to allow people like rural gun-owners, conservative Christians and Jews, and civil libertarians back in (preferably without a struggle session). Unfortunately, I really don't see that happening. Instead, I see the farthest Left wing of the Democratic party tightening the 'in-group' even further which will open the door for increasing violence on both sides.
I think you live in a dream world. These folks are where they are because they've been living in the environment you suggest for decades -- centuries, for some. If everything you "know" is factually wrong, does that make it less potent? Of course not; in fact, quite the opposite. I won't claim to have the magic potion that get's us where we need to be, but lowering inequality is a mandatory minimum, and within the scope of government. Start there. This is the work of decades, and none of us is young enough to see the end ... with the possible exception of Camz.
Addressing economic inequality needs to be done first. All other forms of inequality rest on material conditions.
It's pretty simple.
In theory, that's true. In reality, race and social status trumps inequality by a wide margin. Of course, inequality is an amplifier, so lowering that factor makes the others less toxic -- less, but not zero. I lived through the '50s and '60s, and it was a wonderful time to be a kid -- at least a white kid. It was the first attempt at resolving the race issue since Reconstruction marked the end of the 1T. We should all hope it goes better this time.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.