Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello StoneByStone,
Doesn't really matter. That mindset is perfectly capable of putting words in your mouth.Originally Posted by StoneByStone
You describe an optimal situation where everyone in a society has all their basic needs met and they say: "That's Socialism!" (As if there is something wrong with that...)
The thing to do is use the word, own the word, show the value of it, continue to remove the pox from the word. The groundwork has all been laid down by Bernie.
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It's OK to Be White
I noticed that you stopped reading the Wikipedia article after the first few sentences. Yes, the original Social Democrats wanted Socialism, but then after seeing what a failure it was, they started advocating for a mix of Capitalism and Socialism. Social Democracy became a system with both a free market and generous welfare programs.
Hare Krishna Templar
"anti-prayer"
You have heard about the "Good News"?
I am talking about the power of "Fake News"
You have heard about the "Big Lie"?
You have heard about the "There's a sucker born every minute"?
I reluctantly suggest that "Bad Vibes" can become manifest by
the combined force of will of malintent mendaciousness.
Anti-prayer is to say that the fate of people like the Forest Gump character
should have been a life of mis-fortune instead of serendipitous happiness.
anti-prayer = chaos
anti-prayer = "crazy-maker"
anti-prayer = "energy-vampire"
Hare Krishna Templar
20th century deaths
The world population in the 20th century experienced a large amount of death due to two major world wars. World War II was responsible for the most war related deaths in the 1900s with a death toll between 40,000,000 and 85,000,000 deaths.
Death rates in the 20th century - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › Death_rates_in_the_20th_cen...
Saint
There will be much hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth.......when lazy fucks are forced to go back to work.
Stone (04-17-2020), Truth Detector (04-10-2020)
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello bhaktajan,
OK, I still see it differently.
Everyone who wishes to pray should be free to pray.
And people who do not wish to pray should be free to not pray.
And if these two groups wish to respect one another's positions, then the ones who choose not to pray should not disparage the ones who choose to pray.
And the ones who choose to pray should not disparage the ones who choose not to pray. If they wish to respect one another, of course.
So it gets into dicey waters when members of the two separate groups attempt to discuss the merits of praying.
But Let's try it. You seem respectful and determined to explain why praying is the best idea.
Are you willing to listen to my logic of why there can be a perfectly wonderful life without it?
There is a sort of higher power available for atheists. It's really available for everybody. It has nothing to do with God. It is a higher mental power which is actually found in each of us, if we learn how to tap into it. It is the subconscious. Here is a way to use it, without prayer: Say, you have a difficult problem which appears to have no solution. And this thing has been bugging you because you think there might be a solution, but you can't come up with it.
You can let your subconscious solve that problem for you if you just stop trying so hard. Forget about it! Do something else. Sleep on it. Forget all about it and occupy your mind with something completely different. And wait. This power usually happens very slowly. It may take days or even weeks. And one day, often upon waking, you will have the answer. And you think it's amazing. It's the perfect answer. Why didn't you think of it before? It doesn't matter. It is the power of your subconscious.
Some would call that praying. I don't. It has nothing to do with an overseer/creator entity. It's just the way the human mind works.
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Earl (04-20-2020)
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello bhaktajan,
Well it was said there are no atheists in foxholes...20th century deaths
The world population in the 20th century experienced a large amount of death due to two major world wars. World War II was responsible for the most war related deaths in the 1900s with a death toll between 40,000,000 and 85,000,000 deaths.
Death rates in the 20th century - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › Death_rates_in_the_20th_cen...
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Earl (04-20-2020)
Insane Level of Addiction
I didn't get that from wikipedia you presumptuous dunce. It was a definition. You cannot maintain a free market under a Socialist Governance. There is nothing "generous" about turning citizens into dependent wards of the State.
You're the perfect example of how badly our liberal educational establishment has failed us.
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
Earl (04-20-2020)
Malarkeyville
Are there still long lines??
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
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When people get really really hungry, suddenly that daily 12 pack of Bud Light isn't as important, 2 packs of cigarettes a day, or that new Dodge Charger, empty of gas in the driveway, is not that important anymore, or that house with 4 bathrooms, is not that necessary, or 1000 channels of re-run movies on cable TV are not all that worth it anymore.
Trust me, people are going to have to cut back- just about everyone!
Many sacrifices will be made. The real estate market is going to tank, and repossessed Dodge Chargers will be a dime a dozen.
I hope I'm wrong, but I've seen this coming for a while! And it's not pretty!
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PoliTalker (04-19-2020)
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello Bill,
I was out to do some essential errands the other day and I saw a long line of cars queuing up at a location. At first I thought right on, they finally got some more testing capability. Later on, I realized it was probably a food hand-out line. I never saw the end of the line. It wrapped for blocks. I don't know how long it was.
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Get Off My Lawn
WTF? Psychobabble?
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
Earl (04-20-2020)
Malarkeyville
Sad... I am not even sure how many ppl are out of work, as it keeps going up & the food banks are swamped..
Here they are doing ok, lots of food coming in, but they have lots of help, lots more than normal but no one knows how long they can or will hold up or how long stores & others can continue to help them....
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hi Bill,
As I watched the news the other day I was torn with angst.
One story was about the food banks and the desperation of so many freshly laid off and lacking because they were on such a shoestring budget with no reserve.
Another story was about the farmers who normally produce for restaurants, dumping milk, destroying eggs, etc.
How mixed up is that?
These food supply chains are not connected. Grocery stores struggling to keep fresh stuff on the shelves, as the entirely different restaurant supply food chain suddenly has no demand.
It occurs to me that the thing to do is try to find a way to get the fresh food once destined for restaurants to the food banks for handing out to those suddenly with no income.
It's easier said than done.
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Earl (04-20-2020)
Insane Level of Addiction
Yes, the virus from China that the Chinese failed to contain, has caused economic loss to millions of Americans and millions around the world.
Some (PoliTalker) cheered the loss, "go...go...go.
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