Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 65 (9164 total)
4 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,912 Year: 4,169/9,624 Month: 1,040/974 Week: 367/286 Day: 10/13 Hour: 1/1


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   God awful ruling ... SCOTUS screws workers
ringo
Member (Idle past 442 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


(1)
Message 9 of 12 (732124)
07-03-2014 12:57 PM
Reply to: Message 5 by Phat
07-03-2014 12:32 AM


Re: Its About Time
Phat writes:
And thats whats wrong in America,in a nutshell. the American Dream is becoming attainable for fewer and fewer people.
The American Dream has always been marketed to everybody but the intention was not that everybody would be able to afford it. I just heard somebody talk the other day about the "pursuit of happiness" as opposed to actual happiness. The American Dream is the Gold Rush, or Las Vegas - something for nothing. But in the end there are more losers than winners.
I'd like to see an American Reality, even if it's slightly less dreamy.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 5 by Phat, posted 07-03-2014 12:32 AM Phat has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 10 by Phat, posted 07-03-2014 1:27 PM ringo has replied

  
ringo
Member (Idle past 442 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


(3)
Message 12 of 12 (732217)
07-04-2014 11:44 AM
Reply to: Message 10 by Phat
07-03-2014 1:27 PM


Re: Its About Time
Phat writes:
If this is reality, I want to be an active voter that shapes this reality.
It was a newly-shaped reality that I was talking about. The American Dream is that everybody has an opportunity to become a rich conservative. That's why so many Americans are poor conservatives; they're getting a head start on the only part they can really accomplish.
The reality is that in those instances where somebody does achieve the American Dream, he tends to turn around and oppress the people where he came from.
If you're going to change the reality, it's that kind of conservatism that needs to go.

"I just rattled off that post not caring whether any of it was true or not if you want to know." -- Faith

This message is a reply to:
 Message 10 by Phat, posted 07-03-2014 1:27 PM Phat has seen this message but not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024