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This mindset is mind-boggling to me, coming from the likes of you, flu. Someone who’s grown up in AMERICA with every advantage and has been more successful than most as an adult. Just unbelievable … :=0[/quote]
I think that flu’s post is spot on as to the risk of a Trump presidency.
Watch the documentary on Maya Lin, the Chinese American architect. You will see what the deplorables did to her not that long ago, in that 80s. Her opportunities were limited as a result. Congress even forced a change to her design.
Her design is now one of the most beloved and interactive works of American architecture. Any apology since then? No.
Flu has the audacity to want the very best for his kids in whatever field they want to pursue. He’s not content with second best. And that’s where it matters.[/quote]
Actually, it’s much more simple than that.
I grew up working my ass off, just like my parents did. I was raised with the mentality that no one owes you shit, and not to count on anyone. I was raised with the mentality that life ain’t fair, and somewhere along the line, its not going to be an even playing field, and even when that’s the case, stop making sorry ass excuses for yourself, because no one cares. And I was also raised with the notion that so long as you spend more time self improving and less time bitching about the injustices of the world, you would be a much more productive member of society and productive for yourself.
A lot of people had the same or if not better opportunities then me, having years of family history here much earlier, and a lot more financial resources at the time than anyone in my family did. And what happened? They CHOSE not to improve. they CHOSE not to go to college. Or learn new skills..
Unless someone has a mental deficiency, physical limitation, or medical condition, there really is no excuse for why you can’t better yourself especially all the young ones that now complain. For how much time these idiots spent time at campaign rallies, spewing hateful things against immigrants, latinos, h1bs, women,etc, if they actually attended a vocational class and invested time improving themselves, perhaps hey wouldn’t be in the economic and financial situation they are in. And yet, what do they do? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
It’s really ironic that for the longest time , Republicans have always said “have some personal responsibility” when anyone suggests things like affirmative action, quotas, inequality between whites and others….
And yet, here we are now, trump supporters predominantly, complaining about how unfair things are, how unfair it is that some immigrants, foreigners have better opportunities, how its unfair how some jobs are disappearing.
