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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 12:20:48 GMT -5
Anti-globalism, anti-planet protection, anti-science, anti-immigrant, anti-millennial.
Terror over change.
And nobody in our generation pays attention to long-winded, mindless "opinions." There is work to do.
Insult me, insult my degree, insult my university - but I won't be the one wondering how to get a good-paying job, or scared about how to pay my bills or where I am going to live. Think about it. The world is changing. Fast.
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Post by ladylinda on Dec 4, 2016 13:06:35 GMT -5
I would have thought being anti-globalist was pretty much a left-wing attitude. Yes, a few far right people also feel that way but for totally different reasons.
As someone who's been on four anti-globalisation demos I find it strange that somehow anti-globalist attitudes are lumped together with 'anti-planet protection' - which is I assume a coded message for regarding anyone who doesn't swallow the whole Dark Green agenda as being somehow on the side of big business and in favour of pollution - 'anti-science' - what does that even mean? You're lumping together people who don't believe in global warming with anti-evolutionists, Flat Earthists and so on and in fact 'science' ISN'T dogmatic - it knows that knowledge evolves and hypotheses have to be changed.
Anti-immigrant - again, some people (including some people who ARE immigrants or the children of immigrants) do favour restricting immigration. That's not the same as xenophobia or racism.
Anti-millenial? That really is pretty weird. What exactly do you mean by that? Us 'deniers' still think we're in the previous millenium? The Millenium Dome never got built? You don't like the Robbie Williams song?
I mean, come on!
As for your last paragraph - you're not the only one on here with a degree. Even I've got one.
And there are plenty of unemployed graduates and post-graduates. Just having a degree is meaningless without relevant skills in terms of occupations.
More fundamentally, it's still a case of looking backwards rather than forwards with two many people.
The nature of the world and in particular the world of work has changed so fundamentally that hardly anyone will have a job for life any more or much job security.
Academia isn't the real world; it's a privileged, cossetted, unreal and artificial environment where people dream up non-jobs for themselves and invent projects to con funding out of the taxpayers.
I know so many thickos with qualifications coming out of their ears and so many clever people who left school at sixteen and yet are doing BETTER than most graduates.
In life, you can either sit around handing out the begging bowl or you can get out there and fight for what you want.
That's my way and it's IMO the right way for the world.
Help those who can't help themselves, sure; but don't expect to live your life spoonfed in a culture of privileged dependency.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 14:29:00 GMT -5
Yes, anti-millennial. Read through the snide posts on here.
In six months I'll have a degree that will give me the flexibility to weather the changes to come - provided that I constantly update it.
The globe is getting smaller, people travel and migrate, environmental concerns are paramount. And there's a whole industry committed to denial.
People who can't keep up are frightened. Thus, the era of the strongman (Putin, Trump.) Without extreme vigilance and determination, neo-fascism may become the reality of our future.
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Post by ladylinda on Dec 4, 2016 15:18:52 GMT -5
Yes, anti-millennial. Read through the snide posts on here. In six months I'll have a degree that will give me the flexibility to weather the changes to come - provided that I constantly update it. The globe is getting smaller, people travel and migrate, environmental concerns are paramount. And there's a whole industry committed to denial. People who can't keep up are frightened. Thus, the era of the strongman (Putin, Trump.) Without extreme vigilance and determination, neo-fascism may become the reality of our future. Most of the snide posts on this board have been posted by you. And you still haven't explained what 'anti-millenial' means or in what way people who disagree with you are 'anti-millenial?' Having a degree means nothing. Plenty of fools can pass exams. And a degree isn't like a piece of software - you don't 'update' it. To the millions of people living in poverty, by the way, environmental concerns - read screw the poor - are anything BUT paramount. Rightly or wrongly most of the poor people of the world don't give a tinker's cuss about Kyoto or the other stuff. They want food, decent homes and the ability to go to bed at night without wondering if they'll still be alive in the morning. It's very easy to be smug and self-righteous when your life isn't a daily struggle for survival. Millions of people in the world don't live in the same privileged bubble that the elitists who think they know what's best for them do. Try to bear in mind that a degree gives you no more right to be taken seriously than a lack of one means you should be considered stupid. You know, practical skills are what the world needs most. We've got more than enough academics who do naff all in the real world. We need plumbers, carpenters, electricians, sanitation engineers, coal miners, firefighters and so on. Not more flipping academics spouting endless khul and conning the taxpayers into funding their privileged ego trips.
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Post by ladylinda on Dec 4, 2016 15:21:39 GMT -5
The anti-globalization movement, or counter-globalisation movement, is a social movement critical of the globalization of corporate capitalism. (From Wiki but it's a good starting definition).
So the logical conclusion is that you, Ariel, are a supporter of corporate capitalism!
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Post by fretslider on Dec 4, 2016 16:34:09 GMT -5
[anti-]planet protection... The mission of the Office of Planetary Protection is to promote the responsible exploration of the solar system by implementing and developing efforts that protect the science, explored environments, and Earth. The objectives of planetary protection are several-fold and include:
Preserving our ability to study other worlds as they exist in their natural states; Avoiding the biological contamination of explored environments that may obscure our ability to find life elsewhere – if it exists; and To ensure that we take prudent precautions to protect Earth’s biosphere in case life does exist elsewhere.planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/aboutThe Galileo spacecraft was intentionally crashed into Jupiter to eliminate the possibility of any impact with Jupiter's moons, eg Europa, and prevent contamination. The US$1.1 billion Juno mission hit a huge milestone Monday night when it successfully entered Jupiter's orbit. But what will happen to it in February 2018 when its job is done? Spacecraft don't really get happy retirements. Sure, there are a few space shuttles resting on their laurels in museums, but that's because they brought people home.
Some unmanned probes do make it back to Earth if part of their mission is to bring back a sample, like Hayabusa, a Japanese spacecraft that visited an asteroid. Juno won't get that kind of treatment. In fact, its fate is much grimmer. After its final trip around Jupiter, it will enter what NASA euphemistically calls its "deorbit phase". That's a tactful way of saying Juno will spend the last five and a half days of its existence hurling itself into Jupiter. The planet's atmosphere is so harsh the spacecraft will burn up. Scientists currently think one of our best shots at finding living organisms beyond Earth is on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons that might have an ocean hiding underneath its frozen surface.
NASA is currently working on figuring out how to send a lander to Europa to get a better handle on whether there's any life to be seen there. Two other Jovian moons, Ganymede and Callisto, are also on the list of contenders. NASA and its Office of Planetary Protection have very strict rules about contaminating spacewww.sciencealert.com/nasa-will-purposefully-crash-juno-to-protect-alien-lifeplanet protection? Check.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 18:42:30 GMT -5
The anti-globalization movement, or counter-globalisation movement, is a social movement critical of the globalization of corporate capitalism. (From Wiki but it's a good starting definition). So the logical conclusion is that you, Ariel, are a supporter of corporate capitalism! It's not that simple. (I know that you tend to think in blacks and whites.) I invest in stocks - in green technologies and some cutting-edge pharmaceuticals. Capitalism is a good thing, if not taken to extremes. I'm all for taxation on profits. On the other hand, I have never even been inside of a Walmart or McDonald's or a Costco. I go out of my way to buy from small businesses exclusively. So there is a balance. Open trade agreements and international cooperation are more important than ever. The components of my Mac Book are made in China. That's fine, because it allows others to purchase Mac Books without spending $6000.00 per unit. I have also just closed on my first real-estate purchase, and will use this to leverage a second - not in this country. We are interconnected, and all nations should have free access to markets and be competitive. If you want to be isolationist, go to North Korea. (Oh, you are already in Britain. You're isolationist enough.)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 18:50:24 GMT -5
Yes, anti-millennial. Read through the snide posts on here. In six months I'll have a degree that will give me the flexibility to weather the changes to come - provided that I constantly update it. The globe is getting smaller, people travel and migrate, environmental concerns are paramount. And there's a whole industry committed to denial. People who can't keep up are frightened. Thus, the era of the strongman (Putin, Trump.) Without extreme vigilance and determination, neo-fascism may become the reality of our future. Most of the snide posts on this board have been posted by you. And you still haven't explained what 'anti-millenial' means or in what way people who disagree with you are 'anti-millenial?' Having a degree means nothing. Plenty of fools can pass exams. And a degree isn't like a piece of software - you don't 'update' it. To the millions of people living in poverty, by the way, environmental concerns - read screw the poor - are anything BUT paramount. Rightly or wrongly most of the poor people of the world don't give a tinker's cuss about Kyoto or the other stuff. They want food, decent homes and the ability to go to bed at night without wondering if they'll still be alive in the morning. It's very easy to be smug and self-righteous when your life isn't a daily struggle for survival. Millions of people in the world don't live in the same privileged bubble that the elitists who think they know what's best for them do. Try to bear in mind that a degree gives you no more right to be taken seriously than a lack of one means you should be considered stupid. You know, practical skills are what the world needs most. We've got more than enough academics who do naff all in the real world. We need plumbers, carpenters, electricians, sanitation engineers, coal miners, firefighters and so on. Not more flipping academics spouting endless khul and conning the taxpayers into funding their privileged ego trips. Valuable degrees from valuable universities always need to be updated. It's part of the responsibility of being a physician, attorney, or scientist. If you don't do it every six months or so, you're toast. You wouldn't know about that, would you? My life is not a daily struggle for survival because I have made certain choices. You sound like a very frustrated woman. I suppose that many of your choices weren't so good. Sorry.
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Post by ladylinda on Dec 4, 2016 19:32:44 GMT -5
The anti-globalization movement, or counter-globalisation movement, is a social movement critical of the globalization of corporate capitalism. (From Wiki but it's a good starting definition). So the logical conclusion is that you, Ariel, are a supporter of corporate capitalism! It's not that simple. (I know that you tend to think in blacks and whites.) I invest in stocks - in green technologies and some cutting-edge pharmaceuticals. Capitalism is a good thing, if not taken to extremes. I'm all for taxation on profits. On the other hand, I have never even been inside of a Walmart or McDonald's or a Costco. I go out of my way to buy from small businesses exclusively. So there is a balance. Open trade agreements and international cooperation are more important than ever. The components of my Mac Book are made in China. That's fine, because it allows others to purchase Mac Books without spending $6000.00 per unit. I have also just closed on my first real-estate purchase, and will use this to leverage a second - not in this country. We are interconnected, and all nations should have free access to markets and be competitive. If you want to be isolationist, go to North Korea. (Oh, you are already in Britain. You're isolationist enough.) I don't see things in black and white. But I do see certain things are more generally good or bad than others. And globalization is one of those things. You are quite happy for Chinese workers to be exploited and American ones to lose their jobs to the Chinese helots. So clearly you are pretty much on the side of the bosses and against the workers. OK; you're entitled to take that attitude. But it's a bit inconsistent with your pretence of socialism.
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Post by ladylinda on Dec 4, 2016 19:35:01 GMT -5
Most of the snide posts on this board have been posted by you. And you still haven't explained what 'anti-millenial' means or in what way people who disagree with you are 'anti-millenial?' Having a degree means nothing. Plenty of fools can pass exams. And a degree isn't like a piece of software - you don't 'update' it. To the millions of people living in poverty, by the way, environmental concerns - read screw the poor - are anything BUT paramount. Rightly or wrongly most of the poor people of the world don't give a tinker's cuss about Kyoto or the other stuff. They want food, decent homes and the ability to go to bed at night without wondering if they'll still be alive in the morning. It's very easy to be smug and self-righteous when your life isn't a daily struggle for survival. Millions of people in the world don't live in the same privileged bubble that the elitists who think they know what's best for them do. Try to bear in mind that a degree gives you no more right to be taken seriously than a lack of one means you should be considered stupid. You know, practical skills are what the world needs most. We've got more than enough academics who do naff all in the real world. We need plumbers, carpenters, electricians, sanitation engineers, coal miners, firefighters and so on. Not more flipping academics spouting endless khul and conning the taxpayers into funding their privileged ego trips. Valuable degrees from valuable universities always need to be updated. It's part of the responsibility of being a physician, attorney, or scientist. If you don't do it every six months or so, you're toast. You wouldn't know about that, would you? My life is not a daily struggle for survival because I have made certain choices. You sound like a very frustrated woman. I suppose that many of your choices weren't so good. Sorry. Your life isn't a struggle for survival because you come from a privileged background. And frankly I doubt very much if you are or ever will be a physician or scientist. As for lawyers, they're a waste of space anyway. As for life choices, at least I made my mistakes by the age of 16. After that it's been uphill all the way. Sorry to disappoint you.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 19:46:59 GMT -5
Valuable degrees from valuable universities always need to be updated. It's part of the responsibility of being a physician, attorney, or scientist. If you don't do it every six months or so, you're toast. You wouldn't know about that, would you? My life is not a daily struggle for survival because I have made certain choices. You sound like a very frustrated woman. I suppose that many of your choices weren't so good. Sorry. Your life isn't a struggle for survival because you come from a privileged background. And frankly I doubt very much if you are or ever will be a physician or scientist. As for lawyers, they're a waste of space anyway. As for life choices, at least I made my mistakes by the age of 16. After that it's been uphill all the way. Sorry to disappoint you. You sound like a frustrated middle-aged woman. No, I won't be a scientist or a physician because I am wrapping up a a law degree. And, unlike you, I will be pulling my weight and helping others.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 19:54:53 GMT -5
It's not that simple. (I know that you tend to think in blacks and whites.) I invest in stocks - in green technologies and some cutting-edge pharmaceuticals. Capitalism is a good thing, if not taken to extremes. I'm all for taxation on profits. On the other hand, I have never even been inside of a Walmart or McDonald's or a Costco. I go out of my way to buy from small businesses exclusively. So there is a balance. Open trade agreements and international cooperation are more important than ever. The components of my Mac Book are made in China. That's fine, because it allows others to purchase Mac Books without spending $6000.00 per unit. I have also just closed on my first real-estate purchase, and will use this to leverage a second - not in this country. We are interconnected, and all nations should have free access to markets and be competitive. If you want to be isolationist, go to North Korea. (Oh, you are already in Britain. You're isolationist enough.) I don't see things in black and white. But I do see certain things are more generally good or bad than others. And globalization is one of those things. You are quite happy for Chinese workers to be exploited and American ones to lose their jobs to the Chinese helots. So clearly you are pretty much on the side of the bosses and against the workers. OK; you're entitled to take that attitude. But it's a bit inconsistent with your pretence of socialism. I'm for modified socialism, and I'm sure that people in China are happy to have their jobs. They probably don't have to pay a $4000.00/month rent as I have for the past couple of years. Housing is a problem in the big cities. By buying, I will eventually be able to invest in low-income housing and actually help people. What do you do except write third-rate poetry? Nothing.
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Post by Dex on Dec 5, 2016 11:56:07 GMT -5
"""On the other hand, I have never even been inside of a Walmart or McDonald's or a Costco. I go out of my way to buy from small businesses exclusively.""" I see our resident big assumer is at it again and its all about me me me I too have never been inside a Costco or Walmart and an only once and never to be repeated macdonalds...so what..its no big deal....and I always would support independent businesses over corporates..again so what..... and then we have this insane remark..which shows abosolutely no understanding ..of some one so self obcessed and inward looking that its utterly pathetic """"My life is not a daily struggle for survival because I have made certain choices""" your life is not a daily struggle...NOT because of your choices but because you live off some one elses back...in your own words""" my father earns big bucks""" nothing to do with your choices and every thing to do with fathers/family income which has allowed you eduction..opportunities.. and what have you chosen..law...and again you haven't made choices but have taken an easy option...I quote you yet again....you will work for your parents foundation in the law department ....that not choices that is an easy option and your choice of law..human rights...is about the easiest law option going...not for you the cut and thrust of real law which is actually a good thing given your offering on this site which are nothing to be proud of and if as you attest your studying law..then what you write and the way you write is appalling your ignorance only being matched by your lack of manners and your continual assumptions are laughable ....as well as pretty contemptable and way off the mark ..but you obviously need to feed your own self importance and self esteem.....with all the me me me well big news...the world does not revolve around you That's pretty snarky mouse. we all give some personal examples now and again. On this subject I'll say that my wife and I try to shop at the smaller stores, too. The big discount stores have just about run all the smaller, privately owned stores out of business. It's a serious problem in this country.
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Post by men an tol on Dec 5, 2016 12:16:26 GMT -5
"""On the other hand, I have never even been inside of a Walmart or McDonald's or a Costco. I go out of my way to buy from small businesses exclusively.""" I see our resident big assumer is at it again and its all about me me me I too have never been inside a Costco or Walmart and an only once and never to be repeated macdonalds...so what..its no big deal....and I always would support independent businesses over corporates..again so what..... and then we have this insane remark..which shows abosolutely no understanding ..of some one so self obcessed and inward looking that its utterly pathetic """"My life is not a daily struggle for survival because I have made certain choices""" your life is not a daily struggle...NOT because of your choices but because you live off some one elses back...in your own words""" my father earns big bucks""" nothing to do with your choices and every thing to do with fathers/family income which has allowed you eduction..opportunities.. and what have you chosen..law...and again you haven't made choices but have taken an easy option...I quote you yet again....you will work for your parents foundation in the law department ....that not choices that is an easy option and your choice of law..human rights...is about the easiest law option going...not for you the cut and thrust of real law which is actually a good thing given your offering on this site which are nothing to be proud of and if as you attest your studying law..then what you write and the way you write is appalling your ignorance only being matched by your lack of manners and your continual assumptions are laughable ....as well as pretty contemptable and way off the mark ..but you obviously need to feed your own self importance and self esteem.....with all the me me me well big news...the world does not revolve around you That's pretty snarky mouse. we all give some personal examples now and again. On this subject I'll say that my wife and I try to shop at the smaller stores, too. The big discount stores have just about run all the smaller, privately owned stores out of business. It's a serious problem in this country. I’m curious Dex, why is this a big problem in this country? These large chain stores seem to bring lower prices to those who have limited income. I don’t believe that the larger chains have forced people to purchase only what they offer, rather, people make choices and in this cycle of business that choice seems to be (primarily) for the larger chain stores. For some time these larger chain stores (as well as smaller stores) have had to compete with growing options on the internet. Is that to be considered a big problem? There has also been an increase in those who repair products that are purchased from the big chains and over the internet because those sources do not have local repair people. That would seem to be a plus for local business start ups. I see a changing market place but I don’t see a big problem.
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Post by annaj26 on Dec 5, 2016 12:59:20 GMT -5
That's pretty snarky mouse. we all give some personal examples now and again. On this subject I'll say that my wife and I try to shop at the smaller stores, too. The big discount stores have just about run all the smaller, privately owned stores out of business. It's a serious problem in this country. I agree. I know 3 families, personally, who have been put out of business by Wal-Mart over the past few years. One had a bath and body works franchise, one had a crafts and home decor shop and the other had a book store. A new Wal-Mart moved in and undercut the prices they had to charge to make a living. No choice but to close. Too bad. I shop at the smaller stores when I can.
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