golfballs
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I actually have it better than most of my peers. I'm not ready to swallow a bullet or go on a shooting spree any time soon. But I am able to look around and see that things around us all could be far different and better.
I won't argue. Not because your views aren't arguable but because it is your choice to see the "bad" but not the "good". Only going to get worse sounds like fate. I believe the future is what we make of it. I have faith in regular people.He's right though. Stagnate wages (adjusting for inflation), exploding costs for basic goods and services, insane amounts of consumer and student debt, militarized police force to keep us all in line, healthcare that can absolutely bankrupt you if you don't have the right coverage, rising ethnic/racial/political division among people, increase in hate crimes, the list goes on and on. It might be cynical, but it is true. And it is only going to get worse.
Of course things could be better. Things have been a lot worse not that long ago, too.I actually have it better than most of my peers. I'm not ready to swallow a bullet or go on a shooting spree any time soon. But I am able to look around and see that things around us all could be far different and better.
He's right though. Stagnate wages (adjusting for inflation), exploding costs for basic goods and services, insane amounts of consumer and student debt, militarized police force to keep us all in line, healthcare that can absolutely bankrupt you if you don't have the right coverage, rising ethnic/racial/political division among people, increase in hate crimes, the list goes on and on. It might be cynical, but it is true. And it is only going to get worse.
The future is what we make of it, I don't disagree. It isn't a fate argument on my part, just seems like things are trending the wrong way. Regressing. JmoI won't argue. Not because your views aren't arguable but because it is your choice to see the "bad" but not the "good". Only going to get worse sounds like fate. I believe the future is what we make of it. I have faith in regular people.
The police are absolutely militarized. When a police department has surplus military weaponry and freaking tanks, they are militarized. Not to mention all the other issues with violating constitutional rights and frankly showing ****** judgement.You made some good points until you got to the “militarized police” and went full lib. Student debt is self inflicted as well.
Made up issue to rile up the gullible.
The police are absolutely militarized. When a police department has surplus military weaponry and freaking tanks, they are militarized. Not to mention all the other issues with violating constitutional rights and frankly showing ****** judgement.
I would think that the odds of joining the 26 would be slim, however Walton, Bezos and Gates have done well for themselves, and they didn't start at the top. They may not be in the 26, but there is still plenty of money to be made. Also, you aren't going to get terribly rich working by the hour like many do.This has been the way that the super wealthy redirected criticism of the wealth gap in the past. That it's just jealous people who don't work hard trying to take money from those of us who deserve it and give it to those who don't.
But I maintain that 26 having the same wealth as 3.8 billion neither makes sense nor will be allowed to continue. People aren't buying into the notion anymore that they can join the 26.
Yes but now the fact of it is transparent and known. Can't be dodged or concealed anymore. Can't be explained as just luck or hard work. The fix is in and folks know it.
Good to have you on record saying you do not care about the police abusing their power as long as it is against people you disagree with politically.
Nah, you were clearly trying to make a point. You said "they are need to combat 'peaceful' protests based on faux issues." You are taking a dig at progressives, assuming all of us are roaming the streets looking to hit some poor Red Hat in the back of the head with a brick. You want a militarized police force to "combat" progressives, meaning you want to subdue them. The thing is, the police would screw you over just as quick as me.And you’re on record for lack of comprehension. Enforcing the law isn’t abusing their power. They’re not abusing their power by preventing the destruction of property or innocent people. The only ones that abuse their power are those that limit them from performing their duty that puts their own lives in danger for political and racial purposes.
Nah, you were clearly trying to make a point. You said "they are need to combat 'peaceful' protests based on faux issues." You are taking a dig at progressives, assuming all of us are roaming the streets looking to hit some poor Red Hat in the back of the head with a brick. You want a militarized police force to "combat" progressives, meaning you want to subdue them. The thing is, the police would screw you over just as quick as me.
IMO, the earnings caps are something that will be attempted at some point. I've said it a few times on this forum. When they quit trying to take people's money after they earn it, they'll have decided it'll be easier if they just limit what they can earn.Maybe we should introduce salary caps and pricing caps with no regard to where someone lives.
Yes but now the fact of it is transparent and known. Can't be dodged or concealed anymore. Can't be explained as just luck or hard work. The fix is in and folks know it.