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COVID-19: A DEADLY WAKE UP TO CLASS CONCIOUSNESS
For generations we have been exploited by the upper class, this is no secret. Our government seems to only work for the top 10% or less of the nation’s wealthiest citizens while putting all of the downfalls on the working class, blaming us for the failure of our economy. A favorite scapegoat for this is the millennial, whether it is them not buying enough houses or eating too much avocado toast the millennial seems to be the media's go-to for any kind of negative dips in the economy. In reality, as many of us knew and more are becoming aware of, it is that top percent of earners and our politicians that are quickening the downturn of our nation. Between tax breaks, offshore accounts, and criminally low wages we on the bottom are left to fight over scraps left behind by these ghouls. Our labor is exploited to the highest degree to make more money for someone who doesn’t know the definition of a struggle and doesn’t know what it’s like to live in a system actively working against you. They would rather we die out of sight and silently than to actually lift people up and help them to achieve a stable living condition. This was, of course, highlighted by the blight of the covid-19 pandemic and the problem is getting harder to ignore.
By kevin varner5 years ago in The Swamp
Worshipping False Gods
When I first started studying philosophy, I went deep. I realised that all of my cherished beliefs and ethical convictions could be incoherent, unjustified, delusional, even morally bad. I went into studying ethics with an open mind. More open than any of my classmates I suspect. Of course, to appropriate Eliezer Yudkowsky, there is more than one rationalist virtue. Merely being maximally open to changing one’s mind and considering arguments at face value isn’t enough (although it’s a wonderful start). Because it led me to views that I can now safely describe as the convictions of a supervillain. At one point I was a negative utilitarian so extreme that, if presented with a button that would destroy the universe, then I would unilaterally and without flinching hit it.
By Conor McCammon5 years ago in The Swamp
Old Glory
The first amendment of the constitution gives the right to free speech and freedom from government sanctioned religion. The US Supreme Court made a ruling that said it protected burning the flag of this great nation. This should piss off every red blooded American. It doesn't because our children have been indoctrinated to hate this country, from it's history to it's fight on terror. The current Vice President believes every monument and statue needs to come down and we need to tear down our nation to start over.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee5 years ago in The Swamp
Progressivism is Disrupting our Social Order
There is a fifth column movement within our country. If you have been mis-educated in the last few generations, you may have to look that up. It’s like a sneak attack from within. A stab in the back from those you think you know and trust.
By Gerald Jacobs5 years ago in The Swamp
"How The Similiarities Between The British And Nigeria Northern Leaders Made Me A Better Observer"
U “How The Similarities Between The British And The Nigerian Northern Leaders Made Me Better Observer” Just like father, like son saying goes, that is the case of the Nigerian northern leaders and the British government. Organization and sincerity is their problems, justification and manipulation the propeller that pushes it on.
By Philip Ebuluofor5 years ago in The Swamp
It is Time to Make Americans Dream Again and Biden is Making the "Right Moves"
For decades, the United States and much of the developing world (especially those nations which are termed “emerging markets”) have followed the Neoliberal Dogma of Free Market Capitalism, by pushing through laws and policies under the assumption that markets work best when left to themselves without much governmental intervention. This line of thought is behind some of the most egregious assaults on Unions, the Working Class, and the Middle Class, who have seen stagnating wages and depleting incomes (in real terms) accompanied by humongous increases in the wealth of the 1% or those who “captured” the gains from the booming economies in the West and in the Asian hemispheres.
By Rammohan Susarla5 years ago in The Swamp
The Right To Die Should Be A Personal Matter
I believe that the right to die should, in most cases, be a personal matter and not a political matter (I am talking for adults, not for children. Children and I include teenagers in this, have not lived long enough and do not have enough life experience to decide their own fates. Some of them think the world is at an end if they get a bad grade or a pimple.). While I am a Republican (I just can't stand the thought of aligning myself with far-left fanatics like Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Harry Reid, etc..), I disagree with many Republican ideals. One of those ideals is the right of the government, state or federal, to decide if I have "the right to die" on my own terms.
By Muhammad Faheem5 years ago in The Swamp
Murtha Right Bush Lies
DETROIT — Privately, President George W. Bush is having a political panic attack as he retreats to his cocoon, seeking comfort from his nannies. Babs, his mommy, wife Laura, Condi Rice and Karen Hughes serve as his ladies in waiting, assuring our courageous leader that the boo-boos he gets on his head will get better and those bad boys criticizing his war are just meanies who don’t like him.
By Muhammad Faheem5 years ago in The Swamp
The Chosen Ones
History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books - books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon? ― Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code
By Fathima S Meer5 years ago in The Swamp
The 50 Year War That We Lost
Reading, writing, arithmetic, science, and oh, yeah, physical education. These are the things that we raise our kids telling them to focus on in between bouts of video games, movies, television, and our inability to figure out a way to have the energy to spend any real time with them. We depend on luck to raise our kids, luck that they'll do good in school, luck that they'll end up with a great teacher, and luck that we can help provide them with a good education as long as they had the goals in front of them. From the 1950s to today, raising children has become a much more complicated and I dare say, painstaking task, for those that want to keep their kids on a straight and narrow path. Enter in the years of the D.A.R.E. Program, and the colossal failure in the efforts to curb drug use in America.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in The Swamp
