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What are your specialities?
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(09-29-2019, 03:27 PM)beechnut79 Wrote:
(09-29-2019, 12:39 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Plutocracy sucks, but it sucks even more when a political order and corporate bureaucracies foster narcissistic behavior of those who get economic power to grab as much of the prosperity of a society as is possible.  We may have to rediscover the benefits of a society in which small business becomes the norm again... and in which the only way in which to get rich is to be a capitalist. 

I believe in capitalism to the extent that the only people who should get rich are capitalists.

Do you feel that the time is nigh when There may be some intense emotions that are brought to the surface concerning the evils of extreme income inequality and the fact that the less fortunate among us have, by design, become much more invisible and not out in the open as much as they were once able to be? Are we in line for a point where feelings are laid bare and tears may be shed? If not the current or future President, is is not time for someone of considerable influence benefit by having an honest conversation with his or her constituency no matter how wide it may be? Do  you feel as though it may help clear the air and allow the nation and society to heal and move forward? May we also be reminded that change is not always easy, but it’s inevitable and allows us to grow; that is the beauty of the saecular transit. 

It could appear as reason or morality just as easily. Sometimes those coincide. When feeling, reason, and morality coincide, then momentous change is nigh.

3T thought promotes economic inequality as the essence of wealth-creation, but in a 4T people start to question whether extreme inequality is more likely to lead to a violent revolution or to some super-prosperity that only a few can enjoy. Who wants to live in a country on the brink of a violent revolution? Happy societies do not have violent revolutions.  

At some point people might start asking "what about our children?" Extreme inequality usually comes with severe danger of hunger and in an order that generally holds the lives of its victims in contempt. 

The current President seems unable to have either a coherent or honest conversation with anyone, and he is no bridge-builder. If he is an Idealist he exemplifies the worst, someone who exploits people severely and expects to be seen as a benefactor. He lacks empathy and imagination; if he 'creates' a reality-television show someone must cause him to think that the program is wonderful... and Trump's idea. (I "fired" The Apprentice quickly with my remote control).  He cannot see legitimacy of thought, morals, or feeling on the Other Side, so his policies toward the Other Side are basically "F--- you!") He cannot recognize the legitimacy of others' feelings or sensibilities. He would mock me for Asperger's syndrome. 

America will need an honest conversation. Tribalism that seems to have slipped in on little cats' feet has become a political tiger. Tribalism does us no good. We will need to address the severe poverty of many communities, including the most isolated parts of the Mountain South. We need to address AGW for the sake of Humanity as a whole. We will need vision beyond the next quarterly report; it is arguable that some once-significant corporations have gone under for committing to a trend that was damned at the time. Trump is obviously wrong for this role.

The Saeculum is troublesome, but I can imagine far worse, as in a society that goes off in a way that becomes increasingly inhuman and destructive over time. Those of us who live reasonably-long lives get to see everything.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist  but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.


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What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-02-2019, 08:36 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-03-2019, 05:43 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-03-2019, 11:39 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-05-2019, 04:14 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by sbarrera - 09-05-2019, 07:22 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-05-2019, 09:42 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-06-2019, 07:08 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-06-2019, 08:31 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Hintergrund - 09-06-2019, 08:37 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-06-2019, 09:19 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-07-2019, 06:53 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Hintergrund - 09-09-2019, 05:04 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-09-2019, 08:17 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by David Horn - 09-09-2019, 09:44 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Hintergrund - 09-10-2019, 06:34 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-10-2019, 10:41 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-08-2019, 07:18 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-08-2019, 11:22 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-09-2019, 02:34 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-09-2019, 09:39 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-09-2019, 12:44 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-09-2019, 01:38 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ragnarök_62 - 09-09-2019, 02:04 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-09-2019, 02:14 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by David Horn - 09-09-2019, 03:09 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ragnarök_62 - 09-09-2019, 03:30 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-10-2019, 04:53 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-09-2019, 04:27 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-11-2019, 01:01 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-13-2019, 05:31 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-14-2019, 07:40 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-20-2019, 02:26 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-20-2019, 03:44 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-20-2019, 07:48 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-24-2019, 02:01 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-13-2019, 06:45 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-14-2019, 02:46 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-24-2019, 07:05 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Mikebert - 09-17-2019, 06:43 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-18-2019, 11:53 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Mikebert - 09-21-2019, 07:18 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-21-2019, 07:58 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-24-2019, 08:06 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-24-2019, 06:08 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-29-2019, 06:43 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-29-2019, 12:39 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by beechnut79 - 09-29-2019, 03:27 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-29-2019, 08:15 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 10-05-2019, 11:26 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 10-06-2019, 11:11 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 10-06-2019, 01:54 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by beechnut79 - 10-08-2019, 06:29 PM
RE: What are your specialities? - by tg63 - 10-08-2019, 11:19 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 10-09-2019, 01:56 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 10-09-2019, 02:51 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 09-25-2019, 12:56 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 09-26-2019, 06:14 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 10-11-2019, 09:33 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 10-20-2019, 05:31 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by pbrower2a - 10-20-2019, 09:37 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 10-18-2019, 04:17 AM
RE: What are your specialities? - by Ldr - 10-20-2019, 07:48 AM

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