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Jordan Peterson on Universal Basic Income.. 'Money ISN'T the Problem!' (video)
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Posted on 09/26/2018 10:47:40 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

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I thought this was really good.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: helicoptermoney; ubi

1 posted on 09/26/2018 10:47:40 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

“If you don’t work you don’t eat.”

As the Good Book says.


2 posted on 09/26/2018 10:50:49 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Personal responsibility and personal accountability.

Classic values. No wonder liberals hate him.


3 posted on 09/26/2018 10:54:24 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: RoosterRedux

16 minute video. Starting now...


4 posted on 09/26/2018 11:07:13 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: RoosterRedux

The left hates him. That alone proves that leftism is a mental illness.


5 posted on 09/26/2018 11:07:37 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Cynicism is the only refuge in a world that is determined to eliminate itself.)
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To: RoosterRedux

bkmk


6 posted on 09/26/2018 11:10:28 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: ctdonath2

[paraphrased]
“X was fine until he had money. Then he’d be face down in a ditch [on painkillers].”
“Problem isn’t not having money, it’s not having a purpose.”
“Teach people: Pick a problem to fix. Not try, actually do.”
“Nobody actually asked _college_students_ to think about their own purpose, and justify it. [goes into extensive detail about the exercise]”
“You can’t hit a target if you don’t aim at it. The higher you aim, the higher you’ll hit.”
“You can have what you want. What do you want? ‘Ask and you will receive; knock and the door will open.’ What will sacrifice to get it?”
“People need a purpose. It’s more important than money. That’s what gives life meaning.”
“Would you be happy with money without responsibility?”
“You don’t want ‘no responsibility’. It’s wrong.”
“Help people find their purpose and place. That’s more to the point than Universal Income; it (UI) is the wrong solution.”

Worth a listen.
Worth making others listen to, if they don’t really have their own purpose.


7 posted on 09/26/2018 11:23:48 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Politicians like to dole out money because it creates a base of voters who will never hold them accountable for their corruption.


8 posted on 09/26/2018 11:24:42 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Bookmark


9 posted on 09/26/2018 11:41:03 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: ctdonath2
I don't know if it would work for you, but I sometimes start at the end of a longish video and work backwar (using the <- and -> keys after having started and stopped the video at least once).

I like videos but some of them are just too darned long without cutting to the meat.

10 posted on 09/26/2018 12:01:59 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: ctdonath2
Nice summary. Thx for that.

I sure wish I had gone through that process before starting college.

11 posted on 09/26/2018 12:04:37 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: ctdonath2

What if my purpose is to make a lot of money so I no longer have to be responsible?


12 posted on 09/26/2018 1:21:43 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Gonna make my family watch that.


13 posted on 09/26/2018 1:47:14 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: Kommodor

When you make “f*** you money”, you figure out the responsibility thing.


14 posted on 09/26/2018 1:50:06 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: ctdonath2
Excellent.

I would have given anything to have discovered Peterson or this line of thinking in my youth.

15 posted on 09/26/2018 3:50:35 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Kommodor; All
The point is that if you define what it is that makes your life worth living--that gives your life meaning---you will find that such meaning is related to or directly functional with taking responsibility for something you care about.

Otherwise, you are already dead...or soon will be.

Watch the video. Peterson explains it better than me.

I think you already know this.

As an aside, I started writing the kind of article Peterson talked about in this video. One in which I lay out what I want in my remaining years (I just turned 70), what it is that gives my life meaning, and what failure would look like to me.

Since I was the only one who would read it, I was brutally honest.

I was shocked.

It was a good experiment...and true.

It actually gave me confidence.

16 posted on 09/26/2018 4:01:27 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

For later.

Thanks.

L


17 posted on 09/26/2018 4:05:13 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Jordan has tweeted that if Kavanaugh is confirmed he should immediately step down !!!


18 posted on 10/05/2018 8:00:51 PM PDT by sushiman (i)
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