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Post by lighthorseman on Sept 25, 2011 7:49:00 GMT -5
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Post by scotsgit on Sept 25, 2011 7:53:16 GMT -5
Makes sense to me!
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Post by brendanrizzo on Sept 25, 2011 9:57:17 GMT -5
It doesn't make sense to me... that might make sense for people who were once rich but lost all their money, but as for people who grew up in poverty, I don't think they would see themselves as "temporarily embarrassed" millionaires.
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Post by nickiknack on Sept 25, 2011 10:26:59 GMT -5
Yes, it makes perfect sense...let's be honest we all deep down want to be rich, and teabaggers and the working people who believe in Reaganomics think those polices are going to both make them rich, and help them to stay rich. BTW: I love John Steinbeck, he's one of my favorite authors.
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Post by Tenfold_Maquette on Sept 25, 2011 10:31:41 GMT -5
It doesn't make sense to me... that might make sense for people who were once rich but lost all their money, but as for people who grew up in poverty, I don't think they would see themselves as "temporarily embarrassed" millionaires. It's a side effect of the "American Dream" syndrome; people are raised with the expectation that hard work inevitably leads to success and wealth. Thus they expect that their comparative poverty is only temporary, and support laws that will enable them to wallow in their inevitable future riches. |
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Post by nickiknack on Sept 25, 2011 10:40:36 GMT -5
It doesn't make sense to me... that might make sense for people who were once rich but lost all their money, but as for people who grew up in poverty, I don't think they would see themselves as "temporarily embarrassed" millionaires. It's a side effect of the "American Dream" syndrome; people are raised with the expectation that hard work inevitably leads to success and wealth. Thus they expect that their comparative poverty is only temporary, and support laws that will enable them to wallow in their inevitable future riches. Which is funny, because during the period of time when the middle class rose in number, the rich paid a good chunk of change in taxes, thanks in part to horrible "socialistic" polices...and the middle class and the American Dream has only gone downhill thanks to shit policies that teabaggers buy into... |
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Post by brendanrizzo on Sept 25, 2011 13:01:55 GMT -5
Okay then non-Americans, how did socialism get to be embraced in your countries?
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Post by dasfuchs on Sept 25, 2011 13:57:34 GMT -5
Yes, it makes perfect sense...let's be honest we all deep down want to be rich, and teabaggers and the working people who believe in Reaganomics think those polices are going to both make them rich, and help them to stay rich. BTW: I love John Steinbeck, he's one of my favorite authors. Speak for yourself, I want to live and be happy. Being rich has nothing to do with such |
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Post by ragabash on Sept 25, 2011 15:31:23 GMT -5
Yes, it makes perfect sense...let's be honest we all deep down want to be rich, and teabaggers and the working people who believe in Reaganomics think those polices are going to both make them rich, and help them to stay rich. BTW: I love John Steinbeck, he's one of my favorite authors. Speak for yourself, I want to live and be happy. Being rich has nothing to do with such Same with me. I like to say that I'm living the socialist dream, I have a decent paying job that I not only love but contributes to society. It always makes me chuckle that some people seem to act like I'm making some sort of sacrifice working with the mentally challenged, even after I talk about all the satisfaction I get from it. |
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Post by ltfred on Sept 25, 2011 16:22:04 GMT -5
Okay then non-Americans, how did socialism get to be embraced in your countries? Socialism has been largely adopted in peasant societies in a post-colonial context. This is true of China, Vietnam and Laos. There's also a few in Africa. |
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Post by nickiknack on Sept 25, 2011 17:21:34 GMT -5
ok, I meant most people, my bad. I'll be honest, part of me wants to be rich, but I know it will never happen, so I'm willing to settle for less and living comfortably....
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Post by lighthorseman on Sept 25, 2011 20:39:00 GMT -5
Okay then non-Americans, how did socialism get to be embraced in your countries? Socialism has been largely adopted in peasant societies in a post-colonial context. This is true of China, Vietnam and Laos. There's also a few in Africa. *headdesk* Fred, seriously... read a book that ISN'T approved of by Phillip Adams some time. |
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Post by ltfred on Sept 25, 2011 21:11:13 GMT -5
Socialism has been largely adopted in peasant societies in a post-colonial context. This is true of China, Vietnam and Laos. There's also a few in Africa. *headdesk* Fred, seriously... read a book that ISN'T approved of by Phillip Adams some time. I don't understand your Phil Adams obsession at all. I really don't. |
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Post by lighthorseman on Sept 25, 2011 21:27:34 GMT -5
*headdesk* Fred, seriously... read a book that ISN'T approved of by Phillip Adams some time. I don't understand your Phil Adams obsession at all. I really don't. And yet, you're the one constantly chanelling his outdated and discredited revisionist Stalinist dogma. |
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Post by HarleyThomas1002 on Sept 25, 2011 21:34:14 GMT -5
Okay then non-Americans, how did socialism get to be embraced in your countries? I know not how it was embraced, but according to my history teacher when the province was installing a socialist government the CIA was apparantly prepared or planning to overthrow it. |
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