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Originally Posted by jalfrezi
Why do you think this? Where's your evidence? Do you really think people aren't aware of how much their disposable income has diminished over the last decade?
In general, my opinion is if the economy was doing very well and if more people were personally benefiting from the success of the USA as a whole, many of these social issues would go away.
I suspect what is happening in society today is a combination of regular people not doing well at all and the virtue signalling in social media being an unforseen problem. I guess it's the Facebook effect, people who really like being praised in social circles that don't mean jack ****. And of course some of those social media moves opens new doors to people who would/should have never been recognized by anyone in any way, shape, or form.
You are a perfect example of that. The majority of Americans don't think or feel the way you do, yet you have a strong voice in this forum and quite a bit of support. You are the antithesis of American values, yet your use of popular 2+2 rhetoric combined with groupthink and virtue signalling make most people support you, and the ones who disagree with you stay silent due to fear of that being interpreted as support of me, who is viewed as a pariah.
100% of my family members would laugh at your views on work ethic. I suspect most Americans would, too. Yet here we are, where you think you are the righteous one in the way you think. And I don't even blame you, you are a(n?) European, that's the way you are trained to think. You care more about yourself than others. I care more about others than myself. My own happiness takes a backseat to my responsibilities. What, really, is the more noble position?
Last edited by wil318466; 07-01-2017 at 10:35 PM.