Posted on 06/02/2015 8:03:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
This is totally nitpicking as we're not far from agreement, but I don't think that's the case. A poll of people would disagree. Restaurants are full, stock market is up. The jobs market, while not healthy, is not in a catastrophic state. It's tough, but more are succeeding than not. The top level numbers are fine for now. As I mentioned earlier, band-aids are holding it together. We've been on decline for awhile. The 80/90s boom was a temporary hold on things, but now we're sliding fast. It's evident as culturally and voting wise, it's a majority now of 'if it feels good, do it'. That is not new, but when we see marriage destroyed and states voting for pot on the streets, etc. There's little chance you could find a majority to fix medicare or medicaid or social security because they are unable to think critically. Same on foreign policy. We're letting the world literally blow up around us because it's 'none of our business'.
You are saying we collapsed already and have been for a long time, I see it as a tipping point situation, where we are either just before or just after the tipping point. The question is, can it be saved?
Right up there with "We change the minds about pro-sodomy just by talking to normal people about 20minutes" proven FRAUD!! "Science" article.
How do you mean "on the streets"? I thought that's where it was before legalization - whereas legalization puts it in regulated and zoned storefronts.
“You cannot separate economics from Social mores. You can appear to do so for a short time, but the right to own money or property is a SOCIAL more. If you can’t make thievery immoral, then you won’t have your money or property long.”
You are quite correct. A dunghill is still a dunghill, even if its checkbook is balanced. Without the underpinnings of a Judeo-Christian worldview, our form of government is untenable.
Enlighten me with a couple signs, please. Everyone’s opinion differs as to when the turning point was, mine was with the very first obama election, verification with the second.
I learned today that the oldest Gen Xer is 50, some already having retired, while 68% of Fortune 500 CEOs are Xers.
And get this: 28% of the world’s population is Gen Z. That is 2 Billion people. Gen Zs were born AFTER Google.
A while back a asked my very conservative 20yo daughter, "What does it take to change a persons worldview", and in an instant she replied "Crisis".
This has always stuck with me.
Our government has been on a mission for well over 60 years to remove any and all potential "crisis's" from peoples lives.
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