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Many factors affect one's outlook about various things - history, current events, politics, religion, media, family & friends, personal character traits, life experiences, environment, upbringing, education, etc. etc. etc.
Just curious. Nothing ulterior, just curiosity.
What is your outlook re the future of the United States of America - and maybe why?
Very Optimistic
Somewhat Optimistic
Dunno
Somewhat Pessimistic
Very Pessimistic
I think feminism has done irreputable damage. It has destroyed the family and destabalized society. I think we will be in for a rude awakening within the next 2 generations.
I think feminism has done irreputable damage. It has destroyed the family and destabalized society. I think we will be in for a rude awakening within the next 2 generations.
Desabalized Society? I'm not from the USA I recently moved here but I am curious why you believe that. I though feminism movement was to be able to vote and work with the same wages as men... I don't know how that could destroy the family lifestyle.... could you eleborate ?
Back in before the 60's there was at least one parent home to raise the kids. Now, both parents have to work in order to raise a family because the influx of workers due to the feminist movement has increased inflation to the point where you can't survive on a one earner household. So kids are left alone at home with their parents firearms (US has the most firearms then all other countries combined) and get into gang activity because they have no mentors in their lives. There is also no fault divorce which has destroyed the family in the US. More than 40% of marriges end in divorce and more than 60% of thouse divorces are initiated by women for irreconcile differences. Which basically means they are simply not happy. Not because of domestic violence, or any real reason to get a divorce. Only because thru the media and their friends, they are programmed to believe their husbands and bumbling idiots who don't deserve them. Then they get the kids.. kids grow up with 1 parent who is working.. left at home alone... Told their father is a douchebag by their mother when it was her idea to get the divorce anyway.... it just goes on and on..
Oh.. wow I had no idea... I suppose it makes sense back then woman took care of the kids while the dad made the food. now there is double the workers because of the influx of woman working and the job market can't handle it so they lower the paychecks to compensate for more workers... I had no idea but at the same time I think I support the idea of woman being equal in everyway... I'll have to think about this thank you for your reply
Many factors affect one's outlook about various things - history, current events, politics, religion, media, family & friends, personal character traits, life experiences, environment, upbringing, education, etc. etc. etc.
Just curious. Nothing ulterior, just curiosity.
What is your outlook re the future of the United States of America - and maybe why?
Very Optimistic
Somewhat Optimistic
Dunno
Somewhat Pessimistic
Very Pessimistic
Where's the "we're ****ed" option?
I'm clicking the screen, I think I'm doing it wrong.
At that time, and earlier, Americans tended to be responsible adults but now near half of them are dependent on government handouts. They had 'gumption' and the 'can do' spirit then, now rather old fashioned concepts.Very Optimistic.
If you were to go through a list of the greatest trials facing the US in it's history current times are actually pretty damn good. People have a tendency to hear bad news and not put it into context. Look at the late 70's early 80's. Pessimism reigned but right around the corner was massive economic expansion and relative peace in the US.
if we're smart, we'll go back to being a country. empires that do that sometimes end up ok.
I don't know; Britain and France have turned out great, and that was largely because of their empires.
i would argue that it's because they largely abandoned the empire model.
Well, I think you're partially right. I think it's probably more accurate to say that Britain and France are so nice now because they successfully ran their empires for so long.
Essentially, they conquered half the world, spent plenty of time, energy and human capital securing their dominions. Then the time came to give it all up (World War II, namely), and they instead turned their huge resources to turning their countries into paradises.
I think a fundamental part of the establishment of no-crime, prosperous, welfare Britain was the empire period that launched the civilisation to greatness. Albania, for example, never had a major empire to spur its cultural and human development, and so never underwent this evolution or transformation from superpower to super-nice place to live.
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