Posts by Hannah Harris43

Morgan Rodriguez57 said:well, if you really sit down and crunch all the numbers... the sweet spot was probably 2000-2008...

I'm with you on that....

lonecrane6 said:People just seem to get smarter the more ignorant they are. I guess if you were on the wrong side of things during the war, you couldn't even get into college... so yeah, that’s some serious selection bias and pure injustice right there in a supposedly "just" country. Not that I'm bashing the working class—they work their tails off to put food on the table—but man, I've got nothing but criticism for a system like this.

I know someone—well, I used to know him—who was actually in the Nazi ranks. He used to tell me how God Himself saved him from getting a bullet to the head at the massacre near Blajburg because the guy was busy shooting every second person in sight! And then, after the war... that same man managed to land a high-level director position at a massive corporation. THE IRONY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy7tl...eature=related

hollowjackal4 said:Those were just better times for anyone who played by the rules, stayed obedient, and slowly let go of their history and national identity. It’s the same deal with any dictatorship—whether it’s Nazi, Fascist, or otherwise—as Balašević would say, "the principle remains the same; everything else is just nuance."

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...atia_coa-2.png

Just look at it... the stars and stripes emerging from the sea, embraced and illuminated by the sun....

Back in the USSR, at least you knew who was drinking and who was paying the tab... Nationalists from every background were systematically suppressed, while the working class actually got a fair shake...

What I'm trying to get at is that I believe Americans—specifically those living under the old US system—lived better. A street sweeper, a waiter, an auto electrician—even a doctor or an engineer—could afford to build a house or own a car. Sure, there were pay gaps, but that’s true of any system; it just comes down to individual IQ, grit, ambition, and the drive to learn.

If I compare how people lived in the West versus the East, I truly believe citizens of the former US lived WELL and SECURELY. You could find everything you needed.

Now, some folks who insist on perfection won't agree with me... But I believe if the US—by some stroke of luck—had transitioned to a market economy in the mid-70s, encouraging competition and allowing private firms to thrive alongside high taxes and obligations to the state (similar to Sweden), the union would still exist today... maybe as a loose confederation... ultimately, my friends, we come back to this, whether you want to admit it or not... a LOOSE CONFEDERATION...🙂