Your delusions aren’t my concern. The strength of the US is the way we synthesize the cultures of those who come here with what we already have. The fact that you find that to be creating a “banana republic” is telling.
Frankly, if we were going for a “pure” American culture, we’d send everyone who can’t verify Native American ancestry back to 1620 back to their country of ultimate origin, raze every city, town and village, and leave things for those we stole it from in the first place. It’s the reduction ad absurdum of your favorite argument.
Well, no, you didn’t hit the mark. My rage is directed more at people like you, who refuse to understand that our failure to control our own borders and our horrendous mismanagement of our economy mean that the United States will sooner or later go the way of the Soviet Union. (And the blame for that lies all across the political spectrum, not just the lefties.)
I have an excellent grasp of the English language. As for schooling, I have a B.A. in journalism with a minor in English.
No, I won’t try to explain my philosophy, as I don’t think you’re seriously interested in understanding me and wouldn’t listen with an open mind.
As for the “non-sequitur,” it’s a paraphrase of the Ingsoc slogans in Orwell’s 1984. It’s intent is to parody the absurd happy talk we keep hearing over and over again about how “diversity is our strength,” which you were parroting in your post. It was intended to show how simple-minded, shallow, and just plain intellectually dishonest such talk is.
As much as it may surprise you, I did recognize where it came from. I was saying that it had no logical connection with what I posted and you quoted immediately before it.
And you’re right…I was only trying to lure you into posting your vile little philosophy here in the open so everyone can see what a monster you are in your little mind. shrug I guess it’s not necessary for YOU to post it.
Pithy one-liner, and I hope I’m not getting whooshed, but do you think the quality and quantity of data concerning global warming are of the same caliber of the fossil record and other data concerning evolution gathered under controlled conditions?
This is unmitigated bull ka-ka. There are PLENTY of people worldwide on their respective government’s dole that have no ambition to eliminate that dependence. Rather, many of them will do everything in their power to retain such benefits.
Sorry, no cite, just an observation from another angle that explores “how people work”.
You can’t paraphrase and parody at the same time. That’s calling “misquoting.”
The original Orwell quote was:
And of course, none of those make sense. It was indeed, as you said, simpleminded and shallow.
But when you changed the original “Ignorance is strength” to “Diversity is strength” or “Diversity is our strength,” that is a different matter. That is not a simpleminded or shallow concept. There are no opposites to contrast and the stated idea is feasible. We may disagree that that is our greatest strength, and a few of the far right may claim that it is not a strength at all. But it is reasonable claim and just doesn’t fit here.
Let me ask you. Are you more concerned about rationality or freedom? A maximally rational society is not a maximally ungoverned society nor is either especially tied to work-ethic or privacy.
So why should I as a rationalist care if you lose some privacy, freedom, or productivity, as long as it serves rationally desirable ends?
Why should a libertarian care about privacy or productivity so much that he fears losing any of either?
Ergo, not history, nor even economics or sociology, where it’s at least sad when someone is a maniac or crackpot. No, the two “humanities” fields where it’s completely unremarkable to be a complete ignoramus about societal reality & still get a degree. Unimpressive.
To be fair, this is a lie. I’m not giving up my support of welfare, in the form of a universal negative income tax, for any such thing. But I find it amusing that the work ethic is only for the unlucky.
What does “moneylending” have to do with anything?
It is my opinion welfare *should *be abolished. I believe it is morally wrong to forcibly take property from one person and give it to another person for their own, personal use. You can rationalize it all you want… and it will still be wrong in my book.
