Divide and conquer what? I'm almost positive that happened 100 years ago.
Divide and conquer
Are you saying no real movement is underway to redefine, or modify our form of government?That is merely a means to an end. Lucky is asking what the end goal is.
The following, (written in 1964) has come to pass.
The Paranoid Style in American Politics - Wikipedia
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I firmly believe considerable effort is being made to recast us as a social democracy.will remain a democratic constitutional republic.
I'm have worked a lifetime for lots less than that. But now can't pass the fitness fitness test.Was told the other day a local PD has upped the starting pay to right at $70k with sign on bonuses and still can't get applicants enough to fill positions.
I believe we have a demographic as part of about 2 generations now, that have not had a single independent thought of their own once they passed puberty.Greybeard and HDR, I think you guys are both right. People are trying to turn things one way or the other but, they've always done this. The internet and so called news being constantly Played hypes it up more than in the past. We still have a very very small part of the population willing to really do anything either way though. I really think if people could just ignore all this stuff it would just settle down and go away. It's kinda like the constant complainer at work. It's really easy to get sucked in and have a bad attitude if you listen to them.
If I were as young as I was when I exited the Armed Forces and they were indeed paying anywhere near that kind of $$$ I would jump right in, even with 'today's environment', but I've also always thought that kind of career should never be entered into if the primary issue was $$$$.Was told the other day a local PD has upped the starting pay to right at $70k with sign on bonuses and still can't get applicants enough to fill positions.
I believe we have a demographic as part of about 2 generations now, that have not had a single independent thought of their own once they passed puberty.
Everything they espouse come from either a talking head on a TV talk show or (more prevalent) hundreds and hundreds of hours of watched talking heads on youtube. Their own core values and ethics are derived from Youtube video "influencers".
The influencers' words and ethics (assuming they have any other than generating income for themselves) are then parroted by tens of thousands of their subscribers, & they are, like Lemmings running pell mell over the cliff, making post after post all over the web, linking the same youtube video they just watched.
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I pretty well think the same thing GB. I'm amazed at what some of my good friends that are very smart people buy into on youtube, Instagram, and the news. I know some guys that are seriously afraid the piss particles from the urinal flushing are making them sick and that Mike Lindell is a mastermind and Trump will be reinstated in August when he completes his investigation. Urinals have been around forever and I'm not aware of the piss particles having ever killed anyone. I like Mike Lindell and think he's a really good business man. Also have allot of respect for the man telling his story to try and help people. He did do some pretty hard drugs for many many years though and seems a little kooky sometimes. I don't think anyone researches anything anymore. One instance is the shooting in Austin over the weekend. Guys at work were saying it was a muslim fella and he killed 18 people and wounded several more at least that's what they read on Facebook. A quick search found it was 13 wounded and 1 dead. They haven't released who the shooter was yet. These are smart guys too, who the heck gets news from Facebook and believes it ????I believe we have a demographic as part of about 2 generations now, that have not had a single independent thought of their own once they passed puberty.
Everything they espouse come from either a talking head on a TV talk show or (more prevalent) hundreds and hundreds of hours of watched talking heads on youtube. Their own core values and ethics are derived from Youtube video "influencers".
The influencers' words and ethics (assuming they have any other than generating income for themselves) are then parroted by tens of thousands of their subscribers, & they are, like Lemmings running pell mell over the cliff, making post after post all over the web, linking the same youtube video they just watched.
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