Progressivism: Enemy of America. Enemy of Humanity.

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  1. ImNotOliver

    ImNotOliver Well-Known Member

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    Grasping at straws?
     
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    My lord....the book is 'Winning Through Intimidation'. Wow....
     
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    You are simply using the words and concepts of liberal and conservative in a totally different context from economics and politics.
     
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    ImNotOliver Well-Known Member

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    Again, you are highly confused, I see liberalism as an outgrowth of the scientific worldview, which it always has been.
     
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  5. ButterBalls

    ButterBalls Well-Known Member

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    And it has the
    Well I found the PDF of it and it doesn't seem to mention.

    But feel free to seach the document for yourself, and thanks for coming up with "SOMETHING" to solve the mystery :)

    PDF Winning through Intimidation
     
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  6. ButterBalls

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    Clearly, and I see that as a sign of "lack of knowing" ;)
     
  7. ECA

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    You’re confused yet again. I was only pointing out which book HE was referring to as you seem to be confused by his post. You seem to be confused a lot lately :)
     
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    Texas Republican Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Very accurate. Not many are smart enough to see the truth through the fog of the leftist education establishment, the media, etc.
     
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    Ahh but the person states that quote WAS FROM that book.. Try and keep up :)
     
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    Perfect case in point .. thank you!

    That's exactly the regress I talked about. If you're not prepared to accept whatever change is necessary - due to some ideology - then you are not progressive. Change is inevitable, and we can never know what changes we will need or want tomorrow. To suggest that a particular form of change is impossible is as silly as the 18thC man saying space travel is impossible.

    You're either okay with PROGRESS (which could mean literally any kind of change), or you're not.
     
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    Exactly. Yet they still claim to be socialists/communists. It's great comedy!
     
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    Winning Through Intimidation by Robert J. Ringer


    The Theory of Reality:
    Reality isn’t the way you wish things to be, or the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are. You either acknowledge reality and use it to your benefit, or it will automatically work against you.



    Most people wish that business took place on a nursery school playground, with fairness being enforced. The reality is that the game of business is played in a vicious jungle.



    1. Theory of Sustenance of a Positive Attitude Through the Assumption of a Negative Result
    a. Prepare yourself for long-term success by being prepared for short-term failure

    b. A person shouldn’t enter a sales situation feeling he can’t make the sale, but he should realistically assume that he won’t make the sale. If you’re prepared, then you’re able to feel confident that you are capable of making the sale if it is possible to be made. Hope for the best, but realistically assume the worst.

    c. No matter how well prepared you are, only a small percentage of deals actually control, because there are an endless number of factors beyond your control.

    d. Each negative result is an educational experience from which you can extract lessons learned, and then forget about the negative result.

    2. Uncle George Theory
    a. If you keep your nose to the grindstone and work long, hard hours, you’re guaranteed to get one thing in return: Old. Hard work will not, in and of itself, assure a person of success.
     
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    Hardly the quote in question ;)
     
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    Yes there is. If you work from age 18 to 58 at minimum wage, never spend anywhere near what you earn (by living an ultra frugal life), and wisely invest all those savings for the duration, I guarantee you'll be wealthy at 58.

    If you have nothing to show for it at age 58, you did it wrong.
     
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    Sure...go with that. Or you could man up and admit you were wrong.
     
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    Hardly the quote in question, actually far from it :)

     
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    And they outperform on wealth gap, also. There's nothing heroic about performance when it's horribly skewed by the prescence of multi-millionaires. And if the average working class person is struggling horribly, then it's a cause for shame.

    Take a lower wealth regional city which the multi-millionaires avoid, and you'll find the working class people living much better lives, with nowhere near the struggle.
     
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    Hahaha...not familiar with the term paraphrasing? So basically that’s a no on you manning up? Got it.
     
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    Progressivism is statism. And at their core, both are authoritarian.
     
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  20. hellofromwarsaw

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    Amazing how misinformed people can get listening to the GOP propaganda machine....every other modern country has everything that Bernie Sanders and Democrats are asking for. Canada's not that scary. A living wage health Care daycare paid parental leave cheap college and training great infrastructure and vacations is not horrible! Poor America
     
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    I think it far beyond that :) All you're doing is demonstrating a quote taken from an author and then FABRICATED to say something entirely different then ORIGINALLY written. You think you're helping but in reality you are tightening the noose.. Shall we continue, or should I say, give you a little more rope ;)

     
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    There is no connection between socialism and communism as known everywhere in the world outside of totally misinformed English-speaking conservatives. Socialism is democratic, communism is a dictatorship for crying out loud.
     
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    Too bad you have no evidence for your misinformation. The Canadian system is just not that horrible and that's all Bernie and Democrats want.
     
  24. ECA

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    So you’re NOT familiar with the term ‘paraphrasing’. Got it
     
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    If that the case, why did you post it in it's original text.. Are you trying to prove my point ;) Regardless of what you want it to mean it's the forum rules you are drawing all this nearer to ;) You are familiar with them regarding "Quoted material" right?



    15. LINKS, ADVERTISING, IMPROPER QUOTING, AND COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS
     
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