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@Amos_Umwhat said:
Readers please note the above comments, all to the far-left of center, and not one single comment is flagged.

Gosh, I wonder why not?

In truth, Frank makes a number of good points. It makes me wonder, then, if it's not what they're learning in school, what is the source of the blatantly socialist attitude of so many young people today? Home schooling? I don't think so, but maybe. I mostly see two very different groups that home school their kids. Those who fear left wing indoctrination, and those who are too lazy to get up and get their kids off to school. Media bias? It's certainly there, but there are also a lot of far right lunatic news outlets. Not on your cable TV, of course, except FOX, but they're out there.

So, why the rising tide of Socialism? Lack of Critical Thinking skills being taught? Emphasis on accepting ideas that don't match reality? e.g. I'm told by an educator in a nearby town that they must provide a litter-box in the restroom for a child who "identifies" as a cat. So, the school at large accepts mental illness as an unavoidable condition to be tolerated and thus encourages other students to find their own niche in the world of the unstable.

Does it all rest on the parents? and if so, how'd they get that way?

The internet, social media. The times I need to tell the boy “shut that shït off” is amazing. And they are messages from both sides of the political spectrum. It’s nutty.

Shawn and Randy and even Pete might be trolls. They might be expert level trolls. Jeff and other Frank might aspire to be troll-like. But never forget, my friends. I am the king of all trolls. I am troll Jesus. I rode under the bridge wearing my red hat on my troll donkey. I am no false troll God. #NeverForget

Because I'm telling everyone here right now as someone who actively participates as faculty at a higher learning institution that the number one enemy of socialism or communism or oppression of any sort is a well-rounded and complete education. Anyone who is allergic to college because of blue hairs is already a sheeple.

The last time I was in a classroom was last Tuesday.

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@Itsfine said:

Or is it in some forms of govt. folks really have no say so without taking grave chances. Then other govt. where people can make a difference yet choose to act complacently until it is too late.

Our government right there.we were complacent too long and now the socialists are deeply entrenched and they're teaching kids socialism is good.

Where? Who? What? The price of tinfoil just went through the roof! What does any of that even mean? Where are they teaching them this stuff. Please say schools, please, please say schools. When’s the last time you were in class room? 1978? This is just pure insanity.

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@OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
All governments campaign for change. “Change” …supposedly aligns with their constituents values and beliefs, ‘some’, values and beliefs, not all.

In my lifetime, the only change I’ve seen, from either side, is more government entrenchment, more spending and more taxes.

With the advent of the internet and social media more and more exploitation of capitalism, corporate greed, truth and moral decay, me/myself/I first pervasive individual attitudes, egregious indoctrination, geopolitical manipulation and overreach…I could go on and on.

I know I’m painting a bleak and depressing picture here but this seems to be our current reality. I choose not to live my day to day life in that echo chamber. I have faith it will, someday, get better.

Ain’t it great, this country is still the best option to live, strive and express all your freedoms on a daily basis over one’s lifetime.

I don't think you're painting a bleak picture, brother. For millennia, those in power have consolidated it and have kept it by controlling information . That's why it was illegal to assemble, illegal to worship, illegal to have an independent press, and even illegal to be in your homes undisturbed in colonial America.

That's why we have the Bill of Rights that we have. No quartering soldiers. Free press. Right to assembly. The founding fathers found these essential in ensuring freedom.

So then the question becomes How does one consolidate power and ensure that they keep it in a society where information is literally in your pocket, free, and easy to get?

We arrest protesters. We send national guards into peaceful cities. We increase the federal police presence everywhere, through ice, through national guard, through FBI, through a means necessary. We storm the capital and shìt on the speaker's desk and then pardon all of the stormers after they are convicted. We groom the public to accept lying in falsehoods by stating obvious mistruths that are easily disproven so that later we can flood the press and the information gatherers and the AI that uses the informational databases with complete Fabrications of Truth that cannot be so easily disproven, creating a quagmire of known information that is neither true nor untrue. We fear-monger to have those who are assembling and integrating into everyday life parrot these fears through Demagoguery telling tall tales of kindergarteners that are cutting off their clíts at the behest of the socialist teachers. We shut down the federal government and defund the life-saving aid to the poor.

I'm not saying the end times are coming or that they're here, but I'm not not saying it either.

Either way, it's fine.

@Vision said:

@ShawnOL said:

@edz said:

@Itsfine said:

Or is it in some forms of govt. folks really have no say so without taking grave chances. Then other govt. where people can make a difference yet choose to act complacently until it is too late.

Our government right there.we were complacent too long and now the socialists are deeply entrenched and they're teaching kids socialism is good.

Where? Who? What? The price of tinfoil just went through the roof! What does any of that even mean? Where are they teaching them this stuff. Please say schools, please, please say schools. When’s the last time you were in class room? 1978? This is just pure insanity.

Lol...Shawn is right, and Pete just proved it!

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@dirtdude said:

I'm not at all unhappy, MAGA keeps winning and will for another 3+ years

Great troll Randy! Excellent! I do the same thing with my sports teams. I just ignore all the losses and my teams stay undefeated.

You're giving him what he wants. As an expert level troll yourself, I thought you knew this. 😂 😂 😆