Posted on 03/07/2014 5:50:42 AM PST by Kaslin
But, but....Government Motors produces Cadillac..
Awesome.
I agree, to some extent, with their decrying of the emphasis on “stuff.” There is nothing particularly conservative about conspicuous consumption or materialism.
Never have understood why they encourage Mexicans or Mongolians to express pride in their country and heritage but denounce Americans for doing so.
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Evan Sayet explains it, if you’re interested.
Adam Smith’s invisible hand working overtime
The Marxists are who and what they are. You cannot expect them to change.
I don’t think the message purely about getting “stuff”. It’s more indicative of our culture to innovate, strive and succeed. Those things are good for the human soul and those are among the things that make us exceptional.
It's what you replace conspicuous consumption with that really matters.
Quite right.
Liberals
Yeah, the Government Motors stigma us the driving force behind this ad.
AND I have no doubt that the “outrage” over it by Libs is pretty much contrived in a quasi-effort to triangulate the auto bailout.
Why is the HuffPo just waking up to outrage now?
Because the author missed a few deadlines since he/she is not “...possessed by a blind mania for working yourself into the ground...”. :-D
The Marxists are who and what they are. You cannot expect them to change.
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These people are committed ideologues. There’s no reasoning with them.
Lestists love to criticize and blame. It makes them feel superior. Obama is an archetype in this regard.
So now we aren’t supposed to make fun of the French? Wow. I’ll have to ask my liberal friends.
Adam Smith was merely observing and describing
“reality as God made it”.
Look at the difference between the builders of the great tax-exempt "charitable" foundations and the people who wield them now. It was Rockefeller who sponsored Kinsey. It has been Ford and Carnegie who have wrecked the education system. The Packard Foundation, the Pews, and Ted Turner's money fund the environmental move-mint. Believe me, none of those activities are directed for anything other than profit without work; in fact, they despise it.
This is how the consequences filter back through the culture, and in some respects it is why.
"Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
A few years back, I could see Denis Leary doing that commercial.
Would have been a hoot.
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