Dumbfounded
Went reading some links over at WRSA, and while well written and articulate, are dead
WRONG!
I was following one of them about how China is on the verge of imploding, and while in the context of his arguments, which are convincing, his arguments are based on false presumptions. First and formost is that China is NOT a socialist country, as he flat states in several paragraphs. It IS a communist country, that has adopted a highly regimented Capitalist bent. But socialist,,,
Granted, the variations of the models can be argued endlessly, but that one glaring issue. Then he totally shoots his right foot off by alluding to mRNA vaccines as a VALID therapy against viral issues and completely fails to SEE the damage that such are causing on a lsit of issues that grows weekly. (This mentioned because he feels that the Chinese version was a total failure, where I see all of them as dangerous medical experiments with zero accountability of the designers.)
Some of his points may have some merit, but his parroting party dialogue tossed any credibility out the 27th floor window, IMO.
Sorry, don’t wanna link it because I don’t have the time or patience to get in a pissing match with someone who would feel I had no opinion because I don’t have his credentials.
Like I told one of the boys at work; 9 outta 10 times, in my experience, credentials were gained and learning CEASED. Minds became shuttered by the ‘I know everything’ attitude. That was the only point I did take away from that article: dude was convinced his reality is IT, and won’t look past his thin walls of (self)deception to see the real world.
Of all the articles linked over there, only one seemed written by someone with a clue, not an agenda. I’ll link it here.
Worded differently, but similar vein to how Sarah see things. Its coming apart, it probably won’t be as bad as the DOOMSAYERS are playing for, but its not gonna be pretty, fun, or bloodless. And so long as we can keep our sh!t together, we might be able to pull off another societal evolution like was done back the late 1700’s with the destruction of the Monarchies. (Which began under the Magna Carta, but really came to its peak during those years before and after the AmRev and into the World Wars era)
Are we about to see the death of Marxism? Good God I sure hope so, but I rather doubt it is going to go away completely. Far too many willing to ‘let go the responsibility ‘ for that free ride they believe Marx promised. (See it far too much here’bouts.) And in some ways, seeking the ‘easy route’ is very much human nature. Even I look for easier eays to reach the same end in my day to day: I also know that in most cases, there is no easier way than busting some knuckles and profuse skull sweat. Especially if you go it alone. (And in many ways going off-grid is ‘going it alone’, your work load increases the more you shut yourself off from the society of mores.)
Anywhoos, its getting late, still have crap around the stead that must be finished before the sun sets. More tomorrow




> 9 outta 10 times, in my experience, credentials were gained and learning CEASED.
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I saw that in the workplace (IT) a lot. Techs would gladly take a course in something, but they wouldn’t even keep up with changes in stuff they were already supposed to know.
They seemed to have the idea that learning only took place in an approved classroom.
Which, I suspect, was one of the first things they were taught in an approved classroom…
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August 11, 2022 at 9:36 am