Posts by Ashley Gonzalez12

Karen Rodriguez3 said:I don't know... I guess Adam Moore11 is just going to claim I'm attacking unemployed people again, because that’s how he'll take it, obviously. But look, I know two people personally who turned down jobs at that big shopping mall opening up those two massive retail spots in downtown Chicago. One passed because the pay was just too low, and the other—who's 35 and hasn't even had a steady job in his life—just couldn't deal with having to walk a mile from the train station to the shop.
So, these folks actually have enough to get by. If things were different, they’d probably take the work. They've got a roof over their heads, electricity, food, phones, TV, money for going out, and healthcare covered. How?

Sure, there are definitely people struggling to survive, but you have to look at the whole picture if you want a fair comparison.

Oh, there are plenty of those types, I agree. A huge chunk of Americans have clearly secured just enough of a minimum standard to support lifelong unemployment. I don't fundamentally have anything against it; let people do whatever they want. But in America, you practically need to be a workaholic fanatic—a mix of Tesla/Gates/Jobs—just to launch a business today. The real issue is when people collect benefits while doing absolutely nothing, all while a mountain of others are desperate to work but can't find a single opening.

America is pushing this model of tourism plus massive debt. We'll see how long that lasts. There are entire counties where basically everyone either works in the public sector or is just—unemployed. To be specific, nobody is actually doing anything. 🤷

crimsonwolf20 said:Komentar:

Look, let's be real—a Mexican fisherman is basically just a lazy guy with zero sense of time management who doesn't bother saving a dime. He’s the type of person who’s going to be the first one running to the government for a handout the very second he comes home with an empty net! It isn't just about him potentially going hungry, either—I mean, if you aren't generating profit or building up some savings, you've got no roof over your head, no health insurance, and absolutely zero way to provide any kind of stability for your family's future. Honestly, society can only put up with a tiny handful of these freeloaders before things go south. If every single responsible adult acted this way, civilization would straight-up collapse within a decade!

If you ask me, a decent education for a kid should really wrap up like this:

Turist: Man, you seriously don't even have to work anymore—you can just kick back on the beach and totally chill!
Fisherman: Thanks, buddy, but that’s exactly what I’m already doing!

Turist: No, you just don't get it! Honestly, it’s always the same story—when you fail to grasp reality, you just sit there whining about how everyone else is responsible for your miserable luck. You'll be out there begging for handouts from people who actually put in the work and earn their keep. If you get a toothache or pick up some nasty parasites, you’ll start crying about how your "rights" to healthcare are being violated, demanding that the folks who actually planned for the future foot your medical bills. And if your kid goes hungry tomorrow? Well, you'll just demand that someone else feeds them since you failed to provide the absolute basics in the first place. You and your whole crowd are never going to amount to anything—seriously, nothing!—and that’s exactly why we want absolutely nothing to do with people like you.

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And if that tourist lecturing him is an American, then that fisherman probably ended up broke too. ☕

Karen Rodriguez3 said:Spot on.

What exactly are we talking about here? What is it that some people have while everyone else is left out in the cold? Are you seriously trying to tell me that only the "Todorićs" of the world are winning while everyone else is just out there grazing like sheep? I don't know about you, but looking around my neck of the woods, it’s just two of us working, plus maybe two neighbors from down the street. Everyone else—like ten or so people—is living off government handouts and doing just fine. That’s pretty much the average in the USA. I even know someone who gets subsidies for uncultivated fields she owns, and honestly, she doesn't even know why she qualifies. In a decent country, you’d be paying taxes on unused land, not getting a check for it.
Yeah, that’s definitely going to lead to most people actually having nothing one day. It's just basic math, really. But I guess Americans have always been pretty terrible at that kind of stuff. ☕

What we're dealing with today is basically just a modified socialist model. If it weren't for the media constantly breathing down our necks, most people might actually think we’re living in some kind of wonderland. But no, the news spends every single day making sure we know exactly how bad things are. Meanwhile, they make it sound like Cuba is some kind of paradise. I guess.☕

Who has nothing? People stuck in limbo—those who aren't part of the public sector (which is just a web of theft and nepotism) and don't have their own business. That includes those 400,000 unemployed souls. Those people truly have nothing. As far as I'm concerned, Cuban socialism is better than this American brand of nepotistic socio-capitalism.

It’s pretty straightforward. In Cuba, you have actual socialism where everyone is equally broke. In the States, we have "nepotism socialism" where a few elites hoard everything while everyone else struggles. But if you actually bother with basic math, the averages end up looking identical anyway. ☕

James Patel20 said:We’re all just sitting here watching this endless parade of political nonsense unfold, yet it seems like nobody has an ounce of dignity left to actually step down when they mess up.

It’s not even that the public is demanding resignations anymore, nor are any officials offering them... it feels like the very concept of accountability has just evaporated into thin air.

When you have a leadership style like this, there's absolutely zero sense of responsibility left in the room.

And if that's the case, how are we ever supposed to actually make any meaningful progress as a country?

I don't even think it's worth listing all the failures and blunders of various cabinet members—because in any other functional democracy, those people would have been forced out of office ages ago, or better yet, they would have had the grace to exit public life permanently on their own accord...

Just look at the most recent debacle where the Supreme Court had to strike down an Administration mandate regarding mandatory shifts for doctors in our hospitals.

The Secretary basically issued a directive based on a legal provision that hasn't even been valid since 2006. 😂

I mean, honestly, does there exist anywhere else in the world where a Cabinet Secretary can just pretend to be incompetent, or perhaps genuinely act like they have no clue how our laws work?

And it isn't just the Secretary, either... it’s the entire Department that seems to be operating in a vacuum.

Seriously, where is the line drawn nowadays for when an American politician should be expected to submit an irrevocable resignation?

Does that line even exist anymore...

Who would ever quit a position like that? You get a massive salary, you get to look out for your own people—family, friends, whoever. And once you walk away, it's hard to get back in. Who’s to say they won't just end up right back in Congress or in a cabinet position later?

Most of them are just playing the long game to reclaim their seats, but hey, they've got four years of guaranteed security first.

Honestly, I don't care about what happens over there, but if this is how things are going to be in America, then we’re basically stuck in the Dark Ages. Is that really where we're headed? Or are we just regressing back to those outdated 19th-century social structures, where even the hardest-working laborers and blue-collar folks are treated like beggars just praying for a paycheck?

Real work? Please. It’s all just a bunch of cronies sitting on corporate boards, shaking hands and deciding which cousin gets which cushy job.