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Originally Posted by Max Cut
What isn't clear to me is what you specifically meant by uncomfortable when faced with reality.
The reality that the needed changes have to come from within those communities. We keep trying to throw PHDs and money at the problem, but it's getting worse, not better. If it were just a poor problem or a minority problem, then you'd see it across those entire populations, but you don't.
While BoredSocial is busy blaming slavery, more kids are being lost.
They need discipline and someone they respect to loudly and proudly exclaim that education matters. Then they should show up to school, not physically fight with each other or call the teacher a ****, participate in the learning process, and just generally cooperate with the figures of authority in their lives. You don't have to be rich to do the things above. Many millions of students do this on a daily basis. It can be done.
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Originally Posted by well named
Circling back to some earlier conversation:
I don't think that's quite right? I think the graph of parent vs. child income rank was intended to be a counter-argument to this claim:
I don't want to come off as simply hand-waving your entire post as irrelevant, but re-read his #9 again. Eyebooger seems to equate success and happiness with income levels, but that's his personal definition.
OP talks about personal success and happiness, not income. I can't say that my happiness levels have increased at the same rate as my income. In many ways you could say the opposite. First world problems maybe, but still reality.
Some of the most grass roots conservative types I know are not rich, but they make an honest living doing something they enjoy and live within their means. They work to give their kids a better life than they had. Maybe they're secretly miserable, but if so, they put on a good show. Bottom line is you don't have to be wealthy to be happy or feel successful.
Now's the part where the 2p2 residents attempt to make me feel guilty for having money and not being permanently on cloud nine while there are still children locked in Obama's leftover cages. Then I say, "Why not focus on the kids living in squalor on 6th and Hadley in Milwaukee first before importing more?" and we go in circles and ultimately nothing changes. Internet politics.
Last edited by well named; 08-03-2019 at 10:56 AM.
Reason: modified problematic phrasing