yzerman19

I just don’t understand the activist culture. Are people that bored and unhappy? I exhaust my brain 50 hours/week with work, handle chores around the house, manage kids’ activities, Ensure the family is healthy and happy, have a couple drinks...wash, rinse, repeat. don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world, but Who has time to worry about confederate generals or the tweet of the day, let alone some massive movement? I’ll tell you what- the BLM movement had me on board a couple weeks ago. Not so much anymore- the hijacking of other causes and lunacy has completely taken away from the issue that got us all thinking about racism and bad cops.

Absolutely! as for that sexy desk job- not so sexy...20 years later 20 pounds fatter

No, we have winners and losers. It’s always been that way since the dawn of time. I don’t need a straw man to feel better. I’m annoyed by what I would call losers- coveting that which I have earned and trying to leverage a mob to enforce what they’re incapable of achieving on their own. I don’t bitch about paying a quarter mil/ in taxes until people start banging their class warfare drums.

Asset inflation in real estate has certainly been a factor

The thing is what ”they” want Costs more than they can earn at their age and skill set. Major cities on the coasts, hip-urban living. That costs a lot more than even midwestern cities and living outside of the “cool” zone. They also “need” and pay for a lot of things that I don’t prioritize- fancy new tech, cloud storage, etc. they value experiences and restaurants and travel and cool bars...all of that is expensive!!!

Life comes down to making choices. You see something you want, don’t bitch that someone has what you don’t, work hard and go get it. That’s why America has always been the land if opportunity.

Oh, and I didn’t take a break from life for 2 years and jet off to the coasts for business school. Used tuition reimbursement from my employer, supplemented with loans, worked as a Director at a $12B company while I got my MBA at night over 5 years. That was super fun...skipping happy hours, games, the gym...trying to balance a final project with major work priorities...dropped classes and ate the cash a couple times because work took priority.

One path is to let this garbage fizzle out. When they run out of booze and dope and food, it will end. That’s the path of least resistance, but lets the coals continue to simmer. The United States are simply no longer United. We need to be to maintain our economic standing, but it’s really jacked up. I don’t empathize with entitled millenial brats. Participation trophies, 4.0 but can’t get above a 27 on the ACT, took out loans for their dream schools, got stupid degrees in worthless hobbies, then bitch about their crappy job at Starbucks and loans. i worked concrete in the summers and waited tables during college, took out minimal loans, majored in something w/ tangible returns (finance), went to University of Minnesota (reciprocity), worked my butt off, saved money, advanced...it’s how America works. I’m 44. I could retire better than my grandparents did, quitting today. Millenials are a joke...play video games...jerk off in the basement...rage...scream at the sky.

I didnt and won’t vote for Trump. I also didn’t vote for Hillary either. This Seattle situation is an insurrection and must be put down with force.

The public shaming mob is insatiable. If the mob spent as much time working on their own economic situation as they do shaming and garnering likes and followers- they wouldn’t be so angry.

Imagine how we could uplift communities if all of the money and energy wasted on politics...bickering, lobbying, consulting, polling, super PACs etc...was allocated to things like scholarships, education, home purchasing subsidies, curing disease...

This is consistent with data that I see. I agree 100% that cases is the wrong measurement in the circumstances of expanding testing and a disease that is most often mild.

LA city council passed a measure to dramatically cut the LAPD budget. The voices of the righteous are being conflated with the agendas of extremists. Protests against systemic racism and police violence which I consider a righteous voice in response to the triad of “Karen” in Central Park, Aubrey in GA, and Floyd in Mpls, are now being used as the platform to push the anti police, anti prison, anti ICE, pro socialism extremist agenda. Making everyone’s lives worse does not make marginalized community member’s lives better. We have to discern that which must be heard from the temper tantrums. The redistribute wealth, open borders crowd has no legitimacy in piling onto the protests of police brutality and systemic racism. Being pro-borders does not make you a racist. Being pro-capitalism does not make you a racist. It’s more nuanced. Pro borders but only for immigrants from “sh!thole” countries is bad, pro capitalism via exploitation is bad. Pro borders regardless if immigrants from Norway or Nigeria is about sovereignty. Pro capitalism that builds jobs and communities and wealth is about opportunity.

It almost feels orchestrated how things were just kinda coasting along, then bang, bang the whole underbelly exposed.

I don’t know if white America is scared, but I do agree that the death of the boomer generation will advance equality.

I’d like to know what can end the lawless behavior (looting, arson, murder). Is there an ask that can be addressed in someway? Murderous cop is in jail. systemic inequality in economic outcome, opportunity, justice system...those aren’t things that change over night. They were there under Obama too.

Don’t people realize that it’s all about a certain element (elites for lack of a better term) controlling the mob, just by different methods? It’s Machiavellian: Be feared or be loved. Suppress the uprising by force and system or placate those likely to uprise. It’s all so disingenuous, it’s all meant for the very wealthy and powerful to stay that way. The problem that will not go away is that upward mobility in society has been crushed. Without a common achievable goal, society falls apart. Affordable home ownership and decent jobs. That is what works. Home ownership creates neighborhoods, schools, and safe communities. It also builds some wealth. The underlying issue is that people lack hope and a means to a better life. Throw in your face racism and tragedy into the mix, with people with time on their hands...it’s a match tossed into kerosene.

It’s not right wing or left wing, it comes together on the circle. They are extremists with a lot of frustration and hate. Look, I’m disgusted by the death of Floyd. It was wrong. The cop is in jail. To use it to set off the powder keg..I guess it was just waiting for a spark. It boils down to disenfranchised people. Set foot on my $1.4M piece of property with Ill intent...well, I guess I can show some of these thugs some NODaK roots...white tail running at 200 yards...hit 3 mallards in 30 seconds...

I get that, why I said major urban centers.

I thought that was an Onion headline at first

The bottom line game changer that has destroyed the promise of upward mobility (which was the fine thread that held us together) boils down to two very simple things: 1. Higher Education Costs 2. Housing Costs Both of those key components to society have become out of reach for the majority of people in urban areas. In the major urban centers a basic house that you would be comfortable with the schools and feel mostly safe will run you at minimum $500k. That’s $100k down payment. If you can save $500/mo it will take you 200 months to save for a down payment. 17 years...at $1000/Mo you get to 8 years. Meanwhile the price keeps going up, so if real estate outpaces your savings (likely) you are chasing even longer. Throw in some joblessness where you are burning down wealth instead of accumulating, the carrot stays out of reach. In CA it’s just gross. The cost of a middle class life is about $250k/year.

Exactly. This country has been a powder keg for awhile. Covid economic shutdown put us past the tipping point. All that’s needed was a spark.

Shaming for anything disgusts me. Mob mentality. Gutless. Extremely easy behind a computer keyboard too... it amazes me how many people’s mindsets have never left junior high. The social media movement simply encouraged that. wish the iPhone had never been invented...

Just read 81% of Canada’s deaths have been nursing home residents

Well done