... sigh ... I am equally pessimistic about the the future prospects of children reared around gang culture. They're at the effect of a self-perpetuating cycle of death, and the only way to help them, is to remove them completely from that environment. How can you do that for millions of kids?
I decided to permanently disconnect from that community when I was about 28, and have never gone back. Basically, I returned to the culture that I was brought up in, which is mainstream America. My kids know next to nothing about life in "the hood", and I honestly don't think that I've diminished the quality of their life experience one iota by raising them outside of it.
It will be difficult to change the belief systems of an entire generation as long as leftists are able to indoctrinate them via the public school system, and peer pressure makes it that much harder to go against the grain.
Absolutely correct. It's a vicious cycle that will only be undone by a massive, wholesale shift of the entire culture, which is what all of us here are working towards. Only when we've beaten leftism to a bloody pulp, will conditions truly change in the barrios and ghettos of America.
Thanks for the reply. Here’s a part of my post that wasnt discussed, although the more I think about it, the more significant I think it is:
“a potus who is a role model for many who continuously badmouths this society and country.”
Not only are his policies bad for the country, but he is setting a poor example in so many ways. More impressionable minds will identify with and emulate his flawed thinking. And he really isnt very careful or considerate about many things he says and does, including his obvious disrespect for so many different people and places.
What’s your take on that?