Posted on 07/19/2018 7:46:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
During WWII the Brits were put on rations because of real shortages. After the war they continued on rations so as to keep "everybody equal". It was the dumbest thing they could have done and has left a deep scar on the their national mental process.
They no longer even question about why they want to restrict things that are available in abundance. They just do.
This is a simple to understand mechanism.
The primary reason is that thinking for oneself has been turned into a direct route to ostracization. Youngsters crave more than anything to be socially accepted. To do so, they have to be connected via their Facebook and Instagram thingys. But on those platforms, any sort of deviation from groupthink is immediately met with catcalls and scorn. Perhaps it has always been that way, but the technology and immediacy greatly expands the effect.
And then there is the nature of the schools they attend or have attended. Pure social justice indoc centers.
And then there is the SJW cause that enables the most attentive to implant themselves on the highest moral pedestal possible.
So really, all these kids have to do is to advocate for the disempowered and make sure they denigrate anyone who thinks for themselves and/or wishes to become an independent actor and to make sure they react to any imagined slight of those objectives as quickly as possible and it’s a done deal.
Having been in several European countries and a couple of Asian countries, I can easily say we have THE HIGHEST standard of living here. Better than most countries, if not all countries. Our poor live far better than most of the population in Thailand. People who don’t travel (likely the Dems who want Socialism) don’t have a clue how good we/they have it here!
Communist college professors are college professors because they are LOSERS. They could not hold a real job outside of academia. They demand equal income to protect their unproductive lives. And so they pass that on to their mush-brained students, to keep the students from asking “what is it exactly that you do for the world?”
Their self image is inconsistent with reality. Deep down, they know they will never build wealth and success and that anger is directed outward.
You are 100% on target - the company I work for is trying to train young people for skilled positions - machinists, welders, electricians, etc. Few of the 20 year olds are interested. They are taking temp jobs just to have money in their pocket and be able to walk away when they don’t feel like working. But they want the same pay as a trained skilled worker. It is a screwed up mess.
Piss off! I’m not miserable! I’ll be perfectly happy when I start getting a check every month.
I like the idea of wealth redistribution. As long as we start in Hollyweird and sports stadiums.
Stupid question since the answer is easy. The media, their professors tell them to be
Bart Simpson: Didn’t you wonder why you were getting checks for doing absolutely nothing?
Grampa: I figured ‘cause the Democrats were in power again.
Good points.
This touches on, why do different jobs have different pay scales.
My boss makes twice as much as I do. Yet she has greater responsibilities, a higher level of education, etc. to qualify to do that job. Is this really a matter of inequality, if a more difficult job pays more? Is this what the liberals and various millennial youth think?
The same is true throughout our capitalist economy. People in higher level jobs get paid more. People with specific skills get paid more, because not anyone off the street can do their jobs. Is that a matter of being unequal?
Young people can see many real world examples, of attempts to make things more equal. Check out Venezuela, Cuba, the old Soviet Union and former Warsaw pact countries, China before the free market reforms, etc. People were more equal, but they were equally poor and struggling to survive at a basic level. I’m sure these millennial youth really don’t want to live themselves at some subsistence level.
Yep, when I see Hollywood stars start writing checks to their more unfortunate brothers and sisters, I might be impressed.
Because, even though their discernment, maturity, experience, training and education are limited...they STILL want to receive more pay.
Someone needs to explain to them that for more money, you have to bring more TO the job, than just your groundless, childish demands.
They have been steeped in sin and godlessness since preschool.
Sloth, envy and coveting other’s stuff. They have turned sin into virtue. Envy, resentment and covetousness are now equality, justice and fairness.
Communist indoctrination by the Public School System backed by the Public Entertainment System.
They want it all now and to lazy to earn it fear dirty hard work.
“INDOCTRINATION INTO MARXIST THOUGHT PROCESSES IN HS AND COLLEGE......................”
Completely, totally, absolutely agree.
Some people don’t want to be responsible for themselves, because they’d much rather complain about those that are responsible.
“Socialism is the equal shoring of misery..............”
Shared misery is no misery at all. At least that’s how the rabid left sees it.
The movie ‘The Circle’ explains it perfectly.
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