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Things EVERYBODY Thinks You Should Like, But You Don't!
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10-04-2008, 06:32 PM
MachineGunEtiquette
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$$$$, Consumerism, Democracy.
The money in this world is disproportionately distributed. People who do crap work get paid the least, whereas some people with a cushy job get a fat paycheck and all sorts of perks. Some jobs are emotionally draining (like a suicide hotline operator, or someone who deals with disability claims), some are back breaking (roofers, ditch diggers), some rob you of your soul (any mass-retail or fast food job), and some are just unenviable (porta john cleaners and other septic and sanitation workers). Everytime I hear about how much some athlete or actor or actress makes, I want to rip a phone book in half. What human anywhere sees nothing wrong with making $1 million in a year, when there are other people who don't have a home or food to eat?
And it's been proven that the more a person makes, the more the quality of their work declines. Anything over $500,000 annually should be taxed to death, and that money should go directly to people who need it. And I'm not talking about people who are lazy or unwilling to work for a living. There's a huge problem with people who have an over-inflated sense of entitlement in this world, and in America, at leat, this is encouraged by programs like welfare and food stamps. Don't get me wrong - there are people who need those services.
Especially when our government endorses outsouricng American jobs to foreign countries. I guess another thing I don't like that most people do is Democracy. It doesn't work. I spent 8 years in the Army defending democracy, so I feel I have every right to state my feelings on this. There's a whole cycle here where our systme of government is bound to fail. It's starting to crack up right now. I've seen it coming since I was old enough to recognize it as such, when I started paying attention to the way our government worked.
People buy, and people buy, and they take out loans, and go in debt, and buy and buy and buy. Consumerism. Just as much a problem as alcoholism or drug abuse. I wouldn't much care about it, but I have a daughter who's going to have to live with this. And it's not her fault, it's not my fault. We know who's fault it is. Credit companies. Oil companies. Politicians. etcetera.
P.S. Just pointing out the obvious, that this is called communism. and in a way its a great idea but people are inherently greedy and it never works...also it is unamerican and I am sure if America had "an elite fighting force" with a code name, they would be against it.
also, you talk about consumerism on a site dedicated to rampant, out of control consumerism.
High five for mastering the art of Irony.
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