02-21-2019, 11:40 PM
(02-21-2019, 01:36 PM)David Horn Wrote:Well, according to her, we have twelve years to radically change just about everything related to all of us or we are all going to be dead in twelve short years. So, I guess that's our life span as an entire species. Now, I don't go to her church if she even goes to a church. I don't share her lifestyle if her lifestyle centers on reading books by liberals, watching liberal documentaries, reading information posted by liberals on liberal websites and information she gathers from her liberal peers and liberal family members.(02-21-2019, 02:16 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(02-20-2019, 03:30 PM)David Horn Wrote:(02-20-2019, 01:00 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Yep. You might as well get used to the idea of Bowling Alone and paying your own way because America is in the process of further separating right now. You want to live your life sitting on a couch, smoking pot and being paid for nothing then you move to a blue area where living that way is viewed as acceptable as long as you vote Democratic.
Having spent my adulthood in the minority political sphere, I know it's hard to accept the fact that your view of things isn't being appreciated. I'm sad to say that you may be emerging into that world right now. Since everything runs in multi-decadal cycles, your time in the spotlight is probably over … or nearly so. How you deal with that is entirely up to you.
And btw, no one is advocating for sloth and pandering. You can pretend if you wish, but it's not so.
So, I/we should ignore and dismiss or pretend we haven't seen what Ocasio-Cortez officially released as being included in the Green New Deal. You better speak to her about the Green New Deal its going to reward sloth. Now, I don't know how important she is to the higher ups. Oh that's right, she's already been promoted to a higher up which means she must be viewed as important to the high ups. The new liberal system is so strange compared to the old liberal seniority system. I guess a young fresh pretty new face is more important than time and learning through experience these days. If I seem critical that's because I can be just as critical as the liberals. I can be critical and can be more critical and can be even more critical and be more critical than that too. You've seen me at my least critical level and at my more critical level. I've spent my adulthood in the majority political sphere voting on central issues that pertain to me and most people. Yes, my spotlight will eventually fade and go out. Nothing lasts forever.
The Green New Deal merely recognizes what's already happening: Capital is taking all the gains, technology is taking all the jobs and cronyism is making sure that taxes fall on the middle class and spending goes to the top. It also recognizes that the path forward requires an all new energy system and infrastructure focused on eliminating the need for fossil fuels. How we get there seems to be your issue. Jobs for everyone? Yes, because we'll need a lot of workers in new jobs before this is done, and fewer in older jobs that created most of the pain. You can't just snap your fingers and make that happen. Getting there is hard.
So the GND is not a road map. It's a vision statement. It will be decades in the making, so it's a Millennial plan, not one for the likes of you and me.
I'd say The Green New Deal recognizes the difference between the two America's and only recognizes and only addresses the issues and future needs related to one of them. Now, I can't speak for people like you because people like you seem to have this crazy notion in their heads that they know more than everyone else.