Is there a class Republicans take in college

[KitchenWitch]

That teaches them to cast their ethics aside and not feel guilty about throwing those less fortunate under the bus?

Just askin'.

[havocmom]

1. Some get it early, in preschool maybe

and never change

[rudy23]

2. It's called dinner with your family

and it starts at birth

[havocmom]

16. BINGO

and welcome to DU :hi:

[Art_from_Ark]

21. If kids spend most of their time in private schools

and insulated from the outside world, it may be easy for them to become self-centered and uncaring

[havocmom]

23. Agree. Knowledge about others and other ways is a good thing

My mom did me a favor with all the exposure to different groups and cultures.

Some kid's have parents who just run on fear. It has consequences.

[bicentennial_baby]

36. um, please

not all of us who were fortunate enough to go to private schools became f'n Repukes. give me a break. i went to a school with students from nearly 100 countries. i had far more exposure to other cultures and personality types there than i would have had in a local public school.

[Cleita]

3. I think it's called an MBA degree. Isn't our Prezidunce an

MBA?

[applegrove]

12. MBA studies were altered in the early 1990s. The new theory had

it that your competition wasn't your competitors - but government regulation, consumers (who demand reguation), labour (as always) and just about anyone else.

Everyone but yourself mentality has been passed around for a bit.

[mcctatas]

4. Well where I attend college there seems to be a major field of study that

attracts 90% the college repukes: Business Administration. Interestingly enough, almost everyone in the college dems (aside from myself) is a poli-sci major...hmmmm;)

[HillDem]

11. I'm an econ major

But thinking about public policy for grad school. You're right i feel like the only college dem who isn't a polisci major!

[fujiyama]

31. I also have to say

that Business Administration isn't really all that impressive as an academic major. Compared to econ, which is much more academic, intellectual, and rigerous.

I still think this shouldn't steer liberals away from business or entruepenueship. It's important for the economy to produce jobs. There is no reason why being a businessperson should entail casting aside ethics and honesty, and focus only on screwing others over. Any professor of either business admin or econ that is worth anything will say that regulation is needed to ensure a competetive and healthy market.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Yes, and Insensitivity 101 is a pre-requisite

Oh, and if you accidentally take an ethics class, you're given a 1.5 point handicap on your GPA.

[bliss_eternal]

6. It starts at home--

long before they even start school. Hatred is usually taught. People can be born greedy and selfish with antisocial tendencies. It's generally up to parents to recognize it and encourage other behaviour. When they don't--they become sociopaths or they go to the republican party(or both) ;).

Just my theories for whatver that's worth.

[dchill]

7. Short answer - yes.

I think it's called Greed and Self-aggrandizement 101 - The Staving Off of Maturity and Reality. It's only taught at Biblical Colleges, though, and most Ivy-League schools.

[fujiyama]

32. Funny thing about the Ivy leagues thuogh

is most of the student bodies at them are pretty liberal...and the same goes with the faculty.

[AmandaRuth]

8. i jsut wonder where they all get that

sanctimonious smarmy voice and manner of speaking they all, including their spew unit mouthpieces seem to have, man and woman.

[KitchenWitch]

9. I totally agree

Can anyone be more patronizing and condescending than them?

:hi:

[Eric J in MN]

10. The basis of the Republican Party is putting corporations above people.

The rich above the poor.

Authority above civil liberties.

When I read about Republican corruption, I'm not shocked.

[SoCalDem]

13. Screwing 101 (They all flock to is because they hope it's about..you know)

but it was actually just a class on corporate cheating..

[KitchenWitch]

14. ...

:rofl:

[jazzjunkysue]

15. From the school of Kanwe Skrooem & Howe

One for all and all for me.

[GOPisEvil]

17. No they just have conscience-ectomies.

If there is a class, it's called "Rat Bastard 101".

[KitchenWitch]

18. Good point!

:rofl:

[AgadorSparticus]

19. I had a business major tell me 5 yrs ago that there is no room for

humanity in a business equation. I was a little shellshocked from that verbal interaction.

[hfojvt]

28. I sorta did the same thing

when I worked as a temp. I figured that I needed to leave my ethics in the car, that if I did the right thing I would be rewarding the company for screwing me over. Then my work-ethics lowered from "what's in it for me?" to "it's payback time". I was still ethical enough that my only payback was "to do nothing". Previously I had been pro-active about keeping the machines running, correcting errors, reducing down-time, preventing crashes and damaged product, but then I decided that I would do as little as they were paying me to do. When I saw the machine about to crash I got busy emptying trash so I could be late to help. An extra minute of down-time costs $150 or more in lost production. My favorite was when the whole million dollar line was down for over an hour because of a computer glitch. Then I fixed it, just to prove I could. They did not save any money by keeping me as a temp.

[AgadorSparticus]

37. wow. Two wrongs don't make a right. I can understand how some

people get so cynical they prefer to beat the company to the screwing so they don't get screwed. But it still isn't right. But your story is a prime example of why companies need to incorporate humanity into their business model. They'd get far more in return and productivity from their employees.

[hfojvt]

38. how is it wrong for me to not fix their computer problems?

They were not paying me to fix them, nor would they reward me in the slightest for doing so (and note that I did fix the computer problem after an hour, although I did not have to, nor was I rewarded for it, but I had to do it so I could tell this story with proof that I could have done it an hour earlier but chose not to - a choice which cost the company about $10,000), They did not even offer me a real job there after I had been a temp there for over two years. We had a contract, they paid me to do some mundane tasks like half hour quality checks, emptying trash, covering for the regulars on their breaks, and assisting during machine stoppages. All of which I continued to do. However, having demonstrated that they would not reward extra effort on my part, they certainly were not entitled to it. I made myself an asset to them, and brought computer/math skills as well. I taught myself every aspect of that line as well as packaging operations on the older lines (okay, I watched the experienced employees and got them to teach me as well as observing the machines). I gave them far more than they were paying for, but when I stopped doing as much as I could, or normally would have, I took alot of satisfaction from noting that it was costing them.

[Gato Moteado]

20. i'd venture a guess that most repuke voters never went to college

nt

[KitchenWitch]

24. OK, High School then

there has got to be an elective that imparts such important information.

[Gato Moteado]

25. nah, i think it's just a birth defect

born with only a partial brain

[KitchenWitch]

26. *snort*

:spray: :rofl:

[Blue_Tires]

22. Rat Bastardy 210

is probably on the curriculum somewhere

[raysr]

27. Like Norquist

says, they're home schooled into being a repukelican.

[leftofthedial]

29. early childhood for most of them

maybe even genetic

[KitchenWitch]

30. Yikes

does that mean that because my dad is a fundy RWer, that I may become one...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[leftofthedial]

34. in the nature versus nurture debate

don't forget that some of us have a functioning brain and free will

[rucky]

33. MBA n/t

[BiggJawn]

35. No, a club.

"College ReTHUGlicans" or "Young ReTHUGlicans"

Not all of them are Business Majors, we have many Engineering, Ag, and even Liberal Arts Ditto-Heads here, including one member of the 101st Keyboarders who is an Editor for the campus rag who thinks he's the next Mike Savage Weiner or something.

[NMMNG]

39. Simply put, they are stuck in the Preoperational stage

According to Piaget, during the preoperational stage a child has difficulty understanding life from any other perspective than his/her own. In this stage, the child is very me, myself, and I oriented. While most children are in this stage from ages 2-6, Republicans never grow out of this stage.



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