"If the United States is supposed to uphold "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" how can a sick or dying person without health care have these rights."
~Motivated In Ohio
"Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional."
~Donald Berwick
That is really true. I asked someone how a woman could be a whore but not a guy last night and that person said that it's expected of guys and that's why there not whores. It was a load of shit.
You know... it's videos like this that make me ask "why do we have a minimum age for running for president but not a maximum"? I just watched a 13 year old speak with far more maturity and reason and intelligence than I've seen out of most elected officials (and especially out of most of those running for office at the moment).
That is a very good point! People don't think young people know what they're talking about but I've seen youngins know more about what's going on than adults in their 50s.
The problem is fear. Plain and simple fear. To paraphrase FDR, our younger generations really have nothing to fear but the fear other generations have for them. Human beings are always afraid of the unknown, and the future, and change, are the biggest unknowns of all. They're afraid of what will happen with two upcoming generations with vastly differing political ideals. So they fight it as staunchly as they can.
The great thing (which is the worst thing from the older generations' points of view) about these younger generations is actually how connected they are. Youth today have access to far more avenues of information than the older generations. We believe less in copyright law, we believe stronger in equal rights for all, social programs, etc. Younger generations are informed on what works both here and abroad, as well as what doesn't work here and abroad.
But again, that is what frightens the status quo. However, they try and dazzle us with spectacle instead... trying to sell us on how great rich people are with reality television and such, selling CEOs as "just like us" and the like. This is perhaps the most dangerous tactic they have, because it's the most likely to bring about the very backlash they're the most afraid of. Ask the French how well Rococo style art went over? A style of artwork catering entirely to French nobility. It lasted from the late 1710s through the 1780s... sort of dying out about the time revolution bells started in France. The French populace didn't buy it, and I don't think people are now.
Not to say that the Rococo triggered the French Revolution, but the excesses of the few over those of the many were a strong trigger. Another point where I have to say "sound familiar?" So personally, among numerous constitutional changes we perhaps need, not out of fault to the Constitution in and of itself, but out of fault of those who have looked for every way to exploit it. I would propose lowering the age, encouraging younger people to join in political debate. Not a drastic change, to at least 30 years old. And not just because that means I'll be able to run myself in four years should that happen!
We simply need to strip away the power from the elder generations who live so comfortably in indoctrination and the misconception that the US's success was out of anything more than just being the only industrialized nation not ravaged by the Second World War. I don't mean to say they're all that way, my grandmother's about to turn eighty-four, is Roman Catholic, yet is far more progressive than some of my younger friends as well. She's a great exception to the rule though.
I couldn't of said it better myself! I do agree that we need to be able to get younger people into office sooner. We're the ones that will be affected by the decisions that are currently being made. We should be able to have a voice in congress and not have to leave it up to those we elect who don't care about us anyway. At least a majority don't care about us.
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Just the word slut, shows how misogynistic the country is. Women are sleeping with someone, usually a male, and they aren't shamed.
That is really true. I asked someone how a woman could be a whore but not a guy last night and that person said that it's expected of guys and that's why there not whores. It was a load of shit.
You know... it's videos like this that make me ask "why do we have a minimum age for running for president but not a maximum"? I just watched a 13 year old speak with far more maturity and reason and intelligence than I've seen out of most elected officials (and especially out of most of those running for office at the moment).
That is a very good point! People don't think young people know what they're talking about but I've seen youngins know more about what's going on than adults in their 50s.
The problem is fear. Plain and simple fear. To paraphrase FDR, our younger generations really have nothing to fear but the fear other generations have for them. Human beings are always afraid of the unknown, and the future, and change, are the biggest unknowns of all. They're afraid of what will happen with two upcoming generations with vastly differing political ideals. So they fight it as staunchly as they can.
The great thing (which is the worst thing from the older generations' points of view) about these younger generations is actually how connected they are. Youth today have access to far more avenues of information than the older generations. We believe less in copyright law, we believe stronger in equal rights for all, social programs, etc. Younger generations are informed on what works both here and abroad, as well as what doesn't work here and abroad.
But again, that is what frightens the status quo. However, they try and dazzle us with spectacle instead... trying to sell us on how great rich people are with reality television and such, selling CEOs as "just like us" and the like. This is perhaps the most dangerous tactic they have, because it's the most likely to bring about the very backlash they're the most afraid of. Ask the French how well Rococo style art went over? A style of artwork catering entirely to French nobility. It lasted from the late 1710s through the 1780s... sort of dying out about the time revolution bells started in France. The French populace didn't buy it, and I don't think people are now.
Not to say that the Rococo triggered the French Revolution, but the excesses of the few over those of the many were a strong trigger. Another point where I have to say "sound familiar?" So personally, among numerous constitutional changes we perhaps need, not out of fault to the Constitution in and of itself, but out of fault of those who have looked for every way to exploit it. I would propose lowering the age, encouraging younger people to join in political debate. Not a drastic change, to at least 30 years old. And not just because that means I'll be able to run myself in four years should that happen!
We simply need to strip away the power from the elder generations who live so comfortably in indoctrination and the misconception that the US's success was out of anything more than just being the only industrialized nation not ravaged by the Second World War. I don't mean to say they're all that way, my grandmother's about to turn eighty-four, is Roman Catholic, yet is far more progressive than some of my younger friends as well. She's a great exception to the rule though.
I couldn't of said it better myself! I do agree that we need to be able to get younger people into office sooner. We're the ones that will be affected by the decisions that are currently being made. We should be able to have a voice in congress and not have to leave it up to those we elect who don't care about us anyway. At least a majority don't care about us.
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