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Flavius... One sentence only?

oldenGoldenDecoy — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 06:52:57 +0000

In reply to Is it a perfect country? No

Flavius... One sentence only?

"...would you rather live here now, or then?"

I live here in the now and lived then in the past and expect to live a while longer into the future.

My point, you may ask? Remembering the past is important but fretting about the past brings depression to some. Worrying about the future brings to some anxiety. Living in the now is the time for constructive action.

Where should choose to put their energy?

~OGD~

Is it a perfect country? No

Flavius — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 03:55:13 +0000

In reply to America's Putin

Is it a perfect country? No one would say yes.

But how about asking yourself whether it's a better country than 50 years ago? When Blacks couldn't buy a grilled cheese sandwich at the Woolworth's lunch counter. When it was a crime to be gay. When you could have all the medical care you wanted. If you paid for it.

In one sentence: would you rather live here now, or then?

I don't understand the

moat — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 01:50:54 +0000

In reply to America's Putin

I don't understand the baseline for the decay you speak of. This country has always been incredibly competitive while also having any number of ways to preserve privilege for some. It is tough now. It has always been tough. It sounds like you think there was a time when it was exponentially better for everybody. When was that?

You say:
" Americans only value money and they hate themselves because most of them don't have it. The current system as it is doesn't work for anyone - I don't know anyone in it for whom it does."

What does "work" for anyone mean? I know plenty of people who value many things more than money. I know plenty of people who do not hate themselves for that or other reasons. That isn't an argument against observations that our system really sucks in many ways and has for generations. On the other hand, what you say is patently false for many people.