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Culture War 1: Between Two Ages

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alfablue said:
Some would call that an advantage instead of a problem.

If people accepted diverse thought, you can get solutions were 1+1=3, vs. calling it a problem where 1+1= 1 because someone is ignored.
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I agree with you, but when others don't you have a problem. Even with diversity you need common things that bind the country together. I'm not sure we have a lot of those anymore. Do people even believe in capitalism and democracy or just go along with it? Kepler has condemned people on the right for wanting an authoritarian in charge, but a lot on the left would sign up for a King Obama in a heartbeat. Maybe hypocrisy is one trait we all have.

It's too bad here we don't have any things that bind us together like the BBC or NHS. I'll probably get slammed for this but I think we would be better off as a country if everyone had to chip in say $100 a year and had to do 25 hours of community service. Maybe kids should have to do a year or two of service after high school too.
 
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Drew S. said:
Kepler has condemned people on the right for wanting an authoritarian in charge, but a lot on the left would sign up for a King Obama in a heartbeat.
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I know a lot of lefties. I don't know a single one who would.

Imagining something in your fever dream does not make it so.
 
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Handyman said:
Uh...maybe in the 1960s but there is no way you can say the current version of The Right fears centralized power. They stopped hating Big Government when Reagan took power and have done nothing but make Washington more powerful any time they took office.

The only thing the Right fears is the Left in power.
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um, you are confusing "the right" with the Republican Party. Two very different things entirely.
 
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Kepler said:
I know a lot of lefties. I don't know a single one who would.

Imagining something in your fever dream does not make it so.
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Same here. That is made up Infowars crap and is just an outright lie.
 
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FreshFish said:
um, you are confusing "the right" with the Republican Party. Two very different things entirely.
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No it isnt. Nice try though.

Here lets pretend you arent a bot and have you answer this question...who did The Right vote for? Who will they vote for in 2018? 2020? If you answer honestly you realize how full of crap your programmer truly is.
 
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This is something of a political battle, but seems as good a fit as any for this new 'culture' thread.

For as much as those of us in Oakland and Macomb County stick our nose up at the "Downriver" folks, here's an article about the reality of one of those communities, which the city is attempting to shut down and pushover in the name of progress. Something you'll never hear about in the NYT's semi-annual Detroit progress report.

Michissippi isn't just a mild slur towards our rural areas. Anywhere within 5 miles of the Ford River Rouge plant is basically the same way. These are your Trump voters or 2016 non-voters.
 
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Kep, you peripherally channeling Mr. Obama's interview at the Chicago Economic Club yesterday?

Obama moved from that to talking about a nativist mistrust and unease that has swept around the world. He argued that such things as the speed of technical change and the uneven impact of globalization have come too quickly to be absorbed in many cultures, bringing strange new things and people to areas in which "people didn't (used to) challenge your assumptions." As a result, "nothing feels solid," he said. "Sadly, there's something in us that looks for simple answers when we're agitated."
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The old ways inundated by new tech: two ages.
 
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The Sicatoka said:
Kep, you peripherally channeling Mr. Obama's interview at the Chicago Economic Club yesterday?
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Pretty sure we just both read Hannah Arendt.

Fun fact: Arendt's famous Origins of Totalitarianism is mostly about South Africa, not Germany. It's a really, really strange book. Not at all what one would expect. I mean, seriously weird. You can see how she fell for Heidegger. She's a strange chick.
 
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Drew S. said:
I agree with you, but when others don't you have a problem. Even with diversity you need common things that bind the country together. I'm not sure we have a lot of those anymore. Do people even believe in capitalism and democracy or just go along with it? Kepler has condemned people on the right for wanting an authoritarian in charge, but a lot on the left would sign up for a King Obama in a heartbeat. Maybe hypocrisy is one trait we all have.

It's too bad here we don't have any things that bind us together like the BBC or NHS. I'll probably get slammed for this but I think we would be better off as a country if everyone had to chip in say $100 a year and had to do 25 hours of community service. Maybe kids should have to do a year or two of service after high school too.
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LOL- you first claim that diversity is a problems, because we are so diverse, and now you blame everyone else for not accepting that?

So is it a problem or not?

BTW, freedom ties us together pretty darned well. But that does mean that every tribe gets to vote equally, and get schooled equally, and get treated by the law equally. THAT is a real cultural problem. Not that people are different. It's that we treat them different.

BTW- nice to bring up the "King Obama" BS. You guys like to pretend that he's held in regard far higher than real supporters do. Never figured out why. But it's an amazingly weak argument. Cite an example of how President Obama was authoritarian.
 
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alfablue said:
BTW- nice to bring up the "King Obama" BS. You guys like to pretend that he's held in regard far higher than real supporters do. Never figured out why. But it's an amazingly weak argument. Cite an example of how President Obama was authoritarian.
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his point was the feeling that if possible, y'all would welcome obama to stay in power.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
This is something of a political battle, but seems as good a fit as any for this new 'culture' thread.

For as much as those of us in Oakland and Macomb County stick our nose up at the "Downriver" folks, here's an article about the reality of one of those communities, which the city is attempting to shut down and pushover in the name of progress. Something you'll never hear about in the NYT's semi-annual Detroit progress report.

Michissippi isn't just a mild slur towards our rural areas. Anywhere within 5 miles of the Ford River Rouge plant is basically the same way. These are your Trump voters or 2016 non-voters.
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Really? No one has a comment on this?

You can call me on local bias, or hypocrisy, but I think the writer deserves a Pulitzer nomination. It's gut-wrenching. A How the Other Half Lives for the 21st Century.
 
mookie1995 said:
his point was the feeling that if possible, y'all would welcome obama to stay in power.
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To be fair to the other posters, it was a very complicated point :p I’m sure when Joe Biden gets elected there will be people who want Trump to stay in office. It’s the same nonsense from both sides.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Also, a piece from WV media on his visit.
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Bourdain said he heard people in McDowell county take care of each other, live a certain way, believe certain things, and that he had seen it with his own eyes, particularly at Friday night’s Mount View Homecoming game. “I was surprised by the racial ethnic makeup of the community that came together for the football game last night. I was surprised by the interracial couples, the easy familiarity and affection between people that is very different than in New York.” said Bourdain. “We like to think of ourselves as this island of tolerance and forward thinking but we don’t know our neighbors that way. We talk a good game but we don’t really know each other and that kind of put us to shame.”
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Not normally a big fan of his, but giving credit where due. Bourdain gives a very strong assessment.
 
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