Plutocracy hiding under the name "democracy" doesn't really work anywhere. What's good for a country is what is good for everyone in that...
Trending to agree. Have to say watching their House of Commons does indicate they have a better sense of humour generally than Americans.
From the title of the thread: Unsurprising. It's not low IQ exactly but it's that many people are so ill it obscures whatever real IQ they might...
Freedom is mostly an illusion. Real freedom exists only individually and only for those individuals who accept responsibility and only to the...
I'm not sure how valid that is for China, but it is certainly is valid for the U.S. I hadn't thought of that, but you bring up a good point. Law...
I'm lost on your logic and it's relevance to my post, but you are certainly welcome to expound. At the least, your train of thought is somewhat...
I'd like to think that too. I used to reasonably expect such a reaction, but perhaps I'm more cynical now with the latest rounds of news stories...
I saw that, too. RIP Dan Wheldon. Very tragic and my best wishes to the family.
Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse. It's a re-read and I actually can't remember why I liked it the first time. It's probably worth a read in that it...
I agree here. I suspect anyone who supports this who isn't a millionaire will find themselves with a painful case of buyer's remorse.
I don't disagree with you, but even though China is undergoing an upswing in a rising middle class and less poverty, it is still very much a...
You are entitled to your opinion. I don't think that some random poster calling me clueless invalidates my opinions, though. To an extent, I...
Studies show a high correlation between suicide, teen or not, and being gay. Whether this is because of enduring prejudice or whether this is...
It's good to hear TB rates are falling globally, but I'm pretty sure I think the rates were rising in the U.S. (because of illegal immigration...
Negative choices are influenced by situations such as need and emotions such as despair, anger and fear. Without situations in which people are...
Very true. A good example would be our ill-fated 'peace mission' to help deliver food to starving Somalians. We're doing it again now, we...
I disagree. I won't say it's 100% appropriate but the United States itself was founded out of a revolution. There was the French revolution and...
Absolutely. Almost every social ill can be traced back to bad economics, imo.
I think the Tea Party is too diverse to be stereotyped. There are even what some people might call TeaPartiers on OWS. I do think that after...
In Rome, protesters are bombing banks. Good post. The majority of people at OWS are just people who are being denied employment, denied...
I agree. If the argument that some people deserve more money because they are so good with money holds water, then why can't billionaires...
I think that is true but people tend to overlook data and also to procrastinate. Many would rather pay double or triple tomorrow than pay...
Desperation. There really is a human and social cost to economic inequity and it's going to get worse before it gets better. The cost of...
This is true. One solution that will never be found to solve world hunger is cannibalism, though. Kuru is the disease people get from eating...
The more the rich pit the poor against each other chasing after an increasingly smaller piece of the leftover econmic pie, the more we are going...
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