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LanternWaste

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16. The modern American has little patience for the time-scale of historical change...

Thu Mar 9, 2017, 02:34 PM

Mar 2017

"Why didn't a majority of somewhat "decent people" "get it?""

The modern American has little patience for the time-scale of historical change... in which even the smallest and most benign tradition requires 350+ years to become for all practical purposes, non-existent anymore.

For example, it historically takes three to seven generations for an immigrant family to fully adopt to the new customs, traditions, mores, languages, etc of a new homeland... but conservatives, lacking a necessary patience, now demand assimilation in the space of months.

When we attempt to squeeze historical tradition and cultural mores into compressed time, we begin fooling ourselves with our own arrogance.

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So if the people you vote for always screw you, [View all] Cyrano Mar 2017 OP

Decades of hate radio and TV brainwashing Mr. Ected Mar 2017 #1

We will never win. . . Borchkins Mar 2017 #5

Yes, but. At some point, your own brain must Cyrano Mar 2017 #7

Agreed. Borchkins Mar 2017 #13

Yes, this is it exactly Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #17

Because teh gays, teh brown people, are teh blacks are scary. nycbos Mar 2017 #2

Yes, but: MLK, Barack Obama, and so on Cyrano Mar 2017 #8

Because a strong, intelligent woman like Hillary Clinton is also very scary. nycbos Mar 2017 #12

Because the Republican propaganda machine spent Cyrano Mar 2017 #18

The modern American has little patience for the time-scale of historical change... LanternWaste Mar 2017 #16

Several factors FSogol Mar 2017 #3

"Stockholm Syndrome" by any other name Cyrano Mar 2017 #9

As a wise sage once told me, world wide wally Mar 2017 #4

Maybe it's because ymetca Mar 2017 #6

I really don't know if their are "cures" Cyrano Mar 2017 #10

Emotions have a stronger and quicker effect than logic Caliman73 Mar 2017 #11

If what you say is true, it's terrifying Cyrano Mar 2017 #14

I agree. Caliman73 Mar 2017 #20

There are powerful forces invested in keeping people scared and ignorant gratuitous Mar 2017 #15

There's an existing diagnosis for that. "Good Germans." Cyrano Mar 2017 #19

But Dr. Ben is working on a brain surgery cure. world wide wally Mar 2017 #21

You cannot fix stupid. Rex Mar 2017 #22