Reply #7: You have nailed it! That is the attitude that must change. [View All]

[Mairead]

Looking around here at DU, I don't know whether I have any faith that it will, though.

One theory says that people like DUers should be vanguards (think denotation, not connotation), being exposed to enough good stuff here to kickstart their brains, but I don't believe we're seeing that.

The other theory says that people like DUers are generally more privileged, and are thus retarded rather than vanguards, insulated from the harsh realities that would kickstart their brains.

Which is true? I hope the second is, but I have no evidence. What I'm pretty sure of, though, is that if DUers are exemplary of our chances...then we're probably fscked.