Mutley
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Fri May-20-05 02:19 PM
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I was told by a RWer that class warfare doesn't exist in America. |
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:wtf:
I was left speechless with that one.
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Roland99
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Fri May-20-05 02:21 PM
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1. Depends on what you mean by "warfare", though. |
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There are certainly classes here in the U.S. and they are become more and more isolated from each other.
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Mutley
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Fri May-20-05 02:23 PM
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I meant it as there are classes, and that people in the lower classes are always trying to become a part of the upper classes, and that the people of the upper classes (not ALL of them, but a LOT of them) want to keep the people in the lower classes where they are.
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Fri May-20-05 02:43 PM
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18. But not everyone wants to be upwardly mobile |
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Many are happy where they are. I'm fine being middle class. Although, I used to be upper-middle class and would like to return one day soon, I have absolutely ZERO desire to be amongst the "upper class".
But, that's just me.
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Mutley
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Fri May-20-05 02:54 PM
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I don't mean to generalize.
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD
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Fri May-20-05 03:01 PM
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27. Yeah, if I had three million |
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I would not want to go up to ten million. That's where managing money starts getting tricky at the high end. At the low end, it starts getting tricky around $3,000/month where I live. I want money to no be tricky for me, and I want to have what I want. Right now I'm below the low end of comfort, but once I'm above it I could really care less.
Oh, and btw not wanting to work for THE MAN is my main reason for being below the comfort zone.
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Fri May-20-05 02:23 PM
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2. Well class Warfare doesn't |
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Someone has to put up a fight for there to be warfare.
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Fri May-20-05 02:24 PM
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4. What class was said class pacifist in would you say? |
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Fri May-20-05 02:27 PM
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Edited on Fri May-20-05 02:27 PM by mutley_r_us
to lower middle-ish. not rich by any means but doing well enough for himself.
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Fri May-20-05 02:24 PM
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5. and what you mean by "class" as he has none... |
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I hope he gets downsized due to cheap labor moving overseas, then he can experience some "classism" of his own.
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Mutley
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Fri May-20-05 02:30 PM
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he didn't agree with me on the out-sourcing either until I had him call the Dell helpline.....
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Fri May-20-05 02:28 PM
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Fri May-20-05 02:29 PM
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8. Any emotion shown towards the rich besides "envy" or "fealty" |
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is interpreted by the rich as "warfare."
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Fri May-20-05 03:03 PM
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29. You forgot slobbering self-abasement |
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and the most important, REALLY deep interest in their personal lives and issues and development as human beings.
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Fri May-20-05 02:30 PM
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10. I think my brain just exploded |
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Fri May-20-05 02:32 PM
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:rofl:
and welcome to DU! :hi:
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Fri May-20-05 02:39 PM
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Fri May-20-05 02:33 PM
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12. He's correct...the rich have WON! There is no battle. |
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Fri May-20-05 02:35 PM
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maybe you're right about that.. damnit! i hate to concede to this guy too.
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Fri May-20-05 02:40 PM
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17. mutley, setting party aside, how long has it been since you saw... |
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...a "regular guy, one of us" pol get elected to go to DC or even to a statehouse and not emerge from that a richer man, all by "serving the people"?
(Jimmy Stewart doesn't count!)
The rich have won. Done deal. And now there is no check against them at all. None.
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Mutley
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Fri May-20-05 02:51 PM
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:sarcasm:
it's really sad what this country is becoming.
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Fri May-20-05 02:54 PM
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23. Been that way for a hundred years...the version we're fed is myth. |
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Edited on Fri May-20-05 02:55 PM by jswordy
In other upbeat news...LOL...
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Fri May-20-05 02:55 PM
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Way to bring down the mood, Mutley!
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Fri May-20-05 03:02 PM
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28. Naw, it is just good to not buy the pablum and know the reality. :-) |
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Fri May-20-05 04:04 PM
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30. Its funny, but if the poor are considered 'losers' in this |
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country, doesn't that make the rich winners by definition?
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Fri May-20-05 02:34 PM
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13. Corporate Amurka has been running querilla warfare on the rest of us |
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for years. They just use a lot of window dressing and pretty it up as much as they can.
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Mutley
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Fri May-20-05 02:36 PM
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15. and this particular RWer is oblivious |
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Fri May-20-05 02:44 PM
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19. And that's why corporate Amurka is so successful. |
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They will never run out of mindless sheep. That's what keeps Limpuke on the air.
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Fri May-20-05 02:53 PM
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:puke: :puke:
Oh, excuse me. I didn't mean to get that on you.
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Fri May-20-05 02:59 PM
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25. Yeah, and a bigot will proudly tell you that there's no racism |
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Fri May-20-05 03:00 PM
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26. Don't you love these guys? |
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This RWer is a friend of mine. Don't ask me how. We don't talk politics much because it usually causes us to not speak for large periods of time. But this one really really got me.
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Fri May-20-05 04:05 PM
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Edited on Fri May-20-05 04:06 PM by leftofthedial
morans
class war may be the ONLY thing left in Murka.
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Fri May-20-05 04:08 PM
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32. im reminded of that a lot |
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I guess you dont deal with freepers much?
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